Re: Psychology questions psychuking

• From: lieutkije <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 20:58:45 -0000
• Message-ID: <ai9j25+hsd7_at_...>

I wasn't trying to encourage a back-to-Freud movement. In fact (to 
reframe my argument), I was trying to protest questions about 
"the Greats" of psychology whom one can never seem to tell 
apart and about arcane works of Freud. Instead I suggest that 
instead of people or titles, question writers make judicious use 
of the many terms which these social scientists are so fond of 
using. Even educated laymen should stand a chance at:

projection
transference

or, on the cognitive side of things

working memory
synesthesia

Take your pick between that or hearing your hundredth question 
about Karen Horney or John Watson.

Refutatiously,
Ben Malkevitch

--- In quizbowl_at_y..., Matt Weiner <darwins_bulldog1138_at_y...> 
wrote:
> <<Or the good old defenses? I suppose one could even
> write a kick-ass question on the "id." 
> >>
> 
> I was under the impression that Freudian psychology
> questions are to psych majors as questions on
> phlogiston are to chem majors. I think it was a psych
> major who told me that. Personally I support asking
> questions about currently relevant concepts rather
> than history or people in both physical and social
> science, but this does cause accessibility problems so
> I can see why it's not the only type of question.
> 
> --M.W.
> 
> 
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