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chris302001
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1. There are way more female psychologists than male psychologists so of course they're going to try and tell males their social qualities are a disorder
Mental eval.
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So do you wear that to keep the waves from filtering into your brain.
"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"1. There are way more female psychologists than male psychologists so of course they're going to try and tell males their social qualities are a disorder
2. Everything related to soft sciences such as psychology should be taken very lightly. There have been some good finds in the field over the years, but it's still a crock of shit for the most part.
"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.
I have a copy of the DSM-IV-TR, and while it's interesting and fun to read, I must agree with UA regarding soft sciences being full of shit. And engineering.
And am I the only person who saw this mental evaluation email joke going around the internet like ten years ago? Let's get some new material, people.
And am I the only person who saw this mental evaluation email joke going around the internet like ten years ago? Let's get some new material, people.
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My initial thought was that clearly her sister was cheating. But when I reade MM's reponse I literally LOL'd (here at the airport!). I don't see that answer as being psychopathic. I find it to be clever and witty. I mean, it IS a hypothetical situation... is it not?
Tatyana
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1. There are way more female psychologists than male psychologists so of course they're going to try and tell males their social qualities are a disorder
2. Everything related to soft sciences such as psychology should be taken very lightly. There have been some good finds in the field over the years, but it's still a crock of shit for the most part.
1.Historically, no. Just as all the sciences, women are relative newcomers.
2. Psychology is not a soft science, it has it's foundations in the scientific method, and only recently have methods expanded to include things like discourse, phenomenological and psychoanalytical analysis.
It's certainly not a hard science. It totally lacks accuracy, precision, quantitative data, reproducibility, objectivity, &c. Anything falling under behavioral science is, at least in today's world, far closer to soft than hard.
chris302001
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It's certainly not a hard science. It totally lacks accuracy, precision, quantitative data, reproducibility, objectivity, &c. Anything falling under behavioral science is, at least in today's world, far closer to soft than hard.
hehehehe you said hard....... :lol:
I dunno, everyone can agree that certain behaviors are antithetical to positive social interactions and certain of those actions result in what is classified as criminal behavior. Men outnumber women in prison by like, what, 10 to 1? That's a fact. The ratios get even more dramatic when you compare repeat violent offenders of both genders. So there's nothing "soft" about saying that more men have antisocial behavioral problems (I do think that committing repeated crimes that result in a person going to jail as being pretty damned antisocial).It's certainly not a hard science. It totally lacks accuracy, precision, quantitative data, reproducibility, objectivity, &c. Anything falling under behavioral science is, at least in today's world, far closer to soft than hard.
Men commit more crimes, they commit more violent crimes and those who commit crimes that are violent but fall outside the realms of "crimes of passion" usually commit them more than once. That's not opinion, that's just one of those things you love so much, Samoth, a cold, hard fact.
Psychology unfortunately has been given a bad name by a bunch of quacks (like Freud who called children polymorphouslyperverse) I personally disagree with about 80% of tests out there because most are subjective, example:
Human Figure drawing test state that if you make your figure as a stick man figure you may have biological issues (like brain damage) what if you just aren't freaking good drawing and are very embarrassed about it!
there are several other tests used mostly in Neuropsychology that are accurate because it meassures objective things like time response, visuoconstructive ability, etc
Those crappy jokes/tests online are 90% bullshit and no decent psychologist would use them as a diagnose tool, they're probably some stupid thesis attempt of a lazy student....
Human Figure drawing test state that if you make your figure as a stick man figure you may have biological issues (like brain damage) what if you just aren't freaking good drawing and are very embarrassed about it!
there are several other tests used mostly in Neuropsychology that are accurate because it meassures objective things like time response, visuoconstructive ability, etc
Those crappy jokes/tests online are 90% bullshit and no decent psychologist would use them as a diagnose tool, they're probably some stupid thesis attempt of a lazy student....
