Mental eval.

[samoth]

All the foundations of the study of memory are based on early psychological work, the vast majority of it is quantitative.

All that being said, qualitative research is valid, and there are aspects of human behaviour that can't be assessed quantitatively.

As doing quantitative research for me is like falling off a log, I intend for my research project for my social psychology class is going to use a qualitative method.

Is it not qualitative versus quantitative that differentiate "soft" and "hard" sciences?

How is memory quantified? Defined?

Hell, I've never even thought of bio as a hard science; I suppose hard/soft/whatever comes and goes with the times, too. I don't think "hard" or "soft" are even well defined in this context.

 

[nimbus]

samoth do you still listen to manowar or did stefka mellow you out?

 

[samoth]

samoth do you still listen to manowar or did stefka mellow you out?

Of course I still listen to Manowar, the Kings of Metal!!!

And by proxy, so does Stefka.

 

[nangiggles]

Freud was not a quack.

He is in fact, such a brilliant man that most have a great difficulty in grasping his concepts.

He has been seriously mis-represented in modern media.


If you have only heard of his work through 'word of mouth' or the odd reference like the Oedipal complex and penis envy, it will seem odd.

However, most people have no problem using the terms ego, denial, and have a concept of what it means, which are both terms/concepts he coined.

Very few universities offer any psychoanalytic theory in their undergraduate or graduate programs, and very few psychiatrists or psychologists train in psychoanalysis because it is so very complex.

My degree is from one of the few universities in the world that do study Freud and psychoanalysis at the undergraduate level, and his principles have continued to be applied and developed to this day.

For example, transactional analysis is almost a exact translation of Freud's concept of ego, super ego and id.

I would suggest you read about defense mechanisms. It is absolutely fascinating.

I must admit not all his stuff is BS but there are a lot of theories that are "pretty out there" as you mentioned ego, denial, defense mechanisms are very constructive, but I know that because I'm a psychologist too and I research and I study and I did take many courses on it and allthough he has fascinating theories the "popular"/known ones are the strange ones like the Oedipal complex as you mentioned, as a psychologist I can say he did give a lot to us, but as a normal person walking on the street his common theories are really strange.... that and his coke habbit (and yes yes I know it was because of the cancer...)

 

[UA_Iron]

"Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is defined by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual as "...a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood."[1] Deceit and manipulation are considered essential features of the disorder." ... People having antisocial personality disorder are sometimes referred to as "sociopaths" and "psychopaths", although some researchers believe that these terms are not synonymous with ASPD"

"Sex differences: According to DSM-IV (in a 1994 publication by the APA), Antisocial Personality disorder is diagnosed in approximately three percent of all males and one percent of all females.[1]"

[1] American Psychiatric Association (1994). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association. pp. 645–650. ISBN 0-89042-061-0.

Source: Antisocial personality disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You want to tell me that's normal male behavior?!? Deceit and manipulation? Consistent disregard for and violation of the rights of others? That's something you want to own as being a naturally masculine personality trait?!? No, that's just screwed up behavior, it's wrong and there's no "soft science" about it and no gender biased skewing it. A person lies habitually or they tell the truth, those are facts. They either use and abuse the people around them or they don't.

Sounds like the product of being raised in a single mother household.

 

[Sub-Zero]

A woman is at her mothers funeral. While receiving friends she notice a man accross the room. She falls madly in love. It's love at first sight.
She thinks to herself, "this has never happened before."
She says to herself, "I have to meet this man."
During the funeral she was unable to introduce herself to meet this man. She goes home that evening highly dissapointed.
Three days later she killed her sister.
WHY?

I WILL GIVE THE CORRECT ANSWER SOON.

iv thought of possabilities
1) bitches be crazy
2) its her sisters hubby
3) hes the mortician
4) hes the priest
5) hes a necropheliac and shows up to all funerals to fuck the dead bodies

 

[Sub-Zero]

A sphycologist came up with this question to determine which thought process you were on. A sphycopath or normal.
If you answer the question. "she found out her sister was seeing the guy." NORMAL
If you answer. "to create another funeral." SPHYCOPATH

The question actually comes off different verbally than in writing.

id think killing ur sister for seeing the guy is just as crazy as trying to re-create a similar scenario as to when u saw him last...

 

[Strongbow]

you cruel bastard!

And then some. Look at your avi looks like that shit was recently taken in your back yard. And I thought I was the only one. You cruel BASTARD.

 

[musclemom]

Sounds like the product of being raised in a single mother household.

Now you really have me confounded. What exactly are you trying to say?

And no, I wasn't raised in a single parent household (although considering what I grew up in, I wish it had been just me and my mother).

 

[puddlemonkey]

All of you are pwned/fucked for replying to an alters thread.