>The Terror Management Theory posits that when people are reminded of their own deaths, they more readily enforce these symbols, often leading to punitive actions, violence, and war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_management_theory Why is Psychology such a waste of time?

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Anonymous Sun Sep 25 22:36:32 2011 No.3805989 [Reply] [Original]

>The Terror Management Theory posits that when people are reminded of their own deaths, they more readily enforce these symbols, often leading to punitive actions, violence, and war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_management_theory

Why is Psychology such a waste of time?

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 25 22:42:32 2011 No.3806013 My roommate has been insisting for a couple weeks that psychology is based on empirical data. I asked him what "empirical data" meant. He said "numbers and stuff". I need to meet some smart people in the fucking town.

Anonymous Sun Sep 25 22:46:32 2011 No.3806025

In some ways this psychology study debunks a good chunk of all the studies performed so far in psychology.
http://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~henrich/pdfs/Weird_People_BBS_final02.pdf

Personally, I'm more inclined to trust neuroscience when it comes to studies in human behaviour. But we are still in the infancy stages of this area.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 25 22:56:32 2011 No.3806066 >>3806013 To be fair, most 'psychology' students tend more towards social Psychology. There are other fields that deal in more appealing data, but fuck, shit like OPs link is enraging.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 25 22:58:32 2011 No.3806072 >>3806013 It's better than not studying these phenomenon at all. Personally though, I can't wait until neurofags can take this shit over and do a better job.

Anonymous Sun Sep 25 23:23:32 2011 No.3806158

>>3806072
Same.

Psychology is like economics, in that it's really hard to prove anything, because there are so many confounding factors. So the best-supported stuff, and most stuff you get taught, is the stuff that's pretty fucking easy to prove.
Neuroscience and behavioral economics will soon correct this.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 26 03:28:50 2011 No.3807106 bump

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 26 03:32:32 2011 No.3807120 >>3805989 I don't see what about this is supposed to be outrageous?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 26 03:42:32 2011 No.3807148 >>3807120 It's better than biology.

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