Re: Theory, and Why It's Time Psychology Got One

Posted by Eric Charles on
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Doug, don't fret.

The answer to Jochen's question is "Yes, it is about friggin time we get a good theory", and Andrew and Sabrina's blog is an excellent source of ideas for improving psychology. Recently Andrew's blog has been getting attention from other excellent professionals, including a Scientific American author who is actively discussing Andrew's previous post: "Embodied cognition is not what you think". (With more discussion here.)

Roger,
You are correct that it might seem like psychology should have other things to worry about, but frankly the problems you mention (rampant misuse of statistics and the rare forged data scandals) would be a lot easier to deal with if we had a more unified theoretical base.

Eric


On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 07:12 PM, Douglas Roberts <[hidden email]> wrote:

Oh, God.  Here we go.

On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Jochen Fromm <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Nick, Eric, what do you think, does Psychology need a theory?
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http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com/2011/11/theory-and-why-its-time-psychology-got.html?m=1
> -J.
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