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Blog #2 in the, Psychology and its Antecedents, series In the previous blog about the emergence of psychology at the expense of the traditional intellectual provinces of the older disciplines of religion and philosophy, one important question centers on two sources of truth. Is there an equivalence between knowledge derived from faith and knowledge derived […]
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1. Challenges ahead Human rights are contested. This comes as no surprise because they always have been. In recent years, however, new forms of criticism have emerged that merit close attention because of at least four reasons: First, these (often radical) criticisms may be justified and thus provide insights and a better guide to action […]
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In a Word Association Test, someone is given a series of words as prompts and asked to reply with any word that pops into their head at the mention of each prompt. So here is a one-item Word Association Test. Your one and only prompt is: “soul.” … What comes to mind? … Probably the […]
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Educating for Democracy provides a vision for preparing students to become active, competent citizens able to assume the responsibilities of democratic participation. This vision is guided by the idea that “the most important office in a democracy is citizen.
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When we first met many, many conferences ago, my writing partner discovered we had a lot in common. Beyond some similar childhood experiences, we are both community psychologists and both enjoy working with community coalitions and mission-driven nonprofits. We practice in communities, often as evaluators.
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We are excited to present our groundbreaking research on the quality of life of older adult clients of U.S. senior centers through the lens of music participation.
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Scholars have looked to various possible explanations of our world, from the spiritual realm to physical nature, as well as internally to ourselves. As a species, our intellectual life over time seems progressively effective. That is, our cognitive and intellectual capabilities and achievements have improved, so that we seem better able to thrive within our […]
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We are frequently asked “Sexual serial killing is such a hideous subject, so why on earth did you decide to invest so much time and effort investigating it?” “Don’t you need to have nerves of steel to live day-in and day-out with this subject?”
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