Trillions for War, Prisons, & Wall St. Bailout = No Progress

Millennium Goals, Global Poverty and the Peace Dividend - Turning Swords into Ploughshares

"The military, prison, and financial policies of the U.S. government are interrelated, creating a social system that is repressive and offensive to human dignity for people who experience it, especially the marginalized, the poor, the 'Third World'. The poor in America are filling the prisons and the 'Third World' are the fodder on the other end of the bombs in America's wars. In categorizing the abuse of power that is undertaken by institutions operating 'above the law' or through State privilege, the deprival of life by government policies through war and the deprival of liberty to individuals through imprisonment are particularly fundamental problems that relate to the basic human rights every person should enjoy equally. Capitalism is being used as a justification for these actions historically by American policies, leadership, and their rhetoric... When you discuss what the alternatives to the 'corruption' that favors the 1% or represents only a fraction of the 1% who are permitted an active or consequential role in politics, it seems that #ows is suggesting an alternative of direct, active, particpative democracy that is also interested in a reform of policy according to moral standards." + Understanding #ows - Noam Chomsky Interview

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The Sphinx as symbolic of synchronicity in Oedipus

Jung & Synchronicity

Destiny in ‘Oedipus Rex’ and ‘The Golden Mean’ - Submitted by: Jon Akash

Destiny in the classical sense of a pre-determined fate that dominates the individual’s own ability to live an autonomous and self-determined life, as depicted in the characters of Sophocles’ play “Oedipus Rex” and in the relationship between Aristotle and Alexander in Annabel Lyon’s “The Golden Mean,” can be related to depth psychology and Carl Jung’s theory of synchronicity in the process of the creation of subjective meaning and self-realization in the process of individuation. In Oedipus Rex, the characters are depicted as walking through a series of life actions that they fundamentally oppose at every step of the journey yet are unable to overcome.

The first hallmark of moralization: Universal Rules

The Psychology of Morals

Hardwired Grammar, Meta Logic, & Common Sense - Submitted by: Raymond Schach

In analyzing the argumentative tactics used by Steven Pinker in the essay in the New York Times titled ‘The Moral Instinct,’ which proposes the hypothesis that “there is a distinctive part of our psychology for morality,” it is evident that the author has constructed the reasoning from a number of classical rhetorical techniques focusing on historical analogy and authoritative referencing. As an essential example of the argument, Pinker describes a scientific experiment in neuroscience in which subjects are asked to ponder moral issues while their brain activity was recorded by MRI scans.

ecology - a unifying myth in psychology and sociology

Constructivist Epistemologies

Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory - Submitted by: Jeffrey Scott

Constructivist epistemology represents a verification framework for Bronfenbrenner’s ‘Ecological Systems Theory’ of human development. This essay explores the relationships between constructivist epistemology and cognitive psychology, social psychology, educational psychology, and ecological psychology through the ‘Ecological Systems Theory’ of human development. The view of human development as a process within an inter-relationship of environments will be contrasted with traditional theories of the self and models of consciousness in the historical schools of Western psychology.

“In one of my early books I suggested that the potential significance of LSD and other psychedelics for psychiatry and psychology was comparable to the value the microscope has for biology or the telescope has for astronomy. My later experience with psychedelics only confirmed this initial impression.”
+ Grof - Transpersonal Psychology

‎"Stanislav Grof, M.D., is a psychiatrist with over fifty years experience researching non-ordinary states of consciousness. He was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he also received his scientific training - an M.D. degree from the Charles University School of Medicine and a Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine) from the Czechoslovakian Academy of Sciences. His early research was in the clinical uses of psychoactive drugs, conducted at the Psychiatric Research Institute in Prague, There he was Principal Investigator of a program systematically exploring the heuristic and therapeutic potential of LSD and other psychedelic substances... ’Realms of the Human Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research’ (Condor Books) is Stanislav Grof’s first book, and since all his books build on the previous ones, this one is the foundation for all the rest. For example, its descriptions of psychedelic-induced states, such as the experience of cosmic unity, are more detailed here than in any of his later books. Hence, REALMS... may be the best of Grof’s books to start with.”
+ Realms of the Human Unconscious

“The mind, according to Grof, is essentially ‘holotropic,’ that is, like a hologram wherein the whole can be reconstructed from a tiny part. The book’s first part analyzes memories of life in the womb and the painful process of birth. This is largely a rehash of Grof’s ‘Realms of the Human Unconscious’. The rest of the book is given to a discussion of our “infinite transpersonal consciousness,” wherein we can transcend not only the time-space continuum but even visit other dimensions and parallel universes.”
+ Grof - The Holotropic Mind

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Duplicitous practices in the clinical environment

Power & the Shadow

The Role of Power in Psychotherapy - Submitted by: Miguel Hernandez

The psychoanalytic relationship between therapist and patient involves an acknowledged trust or belief in the benevolence of the treatment process that is similar to faith in religion. The social role of the psychotherapist, psychiatrist, and analyst is based upon the power or authority of the theoretical tradition represented in the historical canon of psychology and peer-reviewed clinical studies, as well as community-shared beliefs. The social role of the therapist includes the assumption that the psychologist acts only in the best interests of the patient and as a mediator to normalcy or consensual reality for the mentally ill. Nevertheless, schools of psychology practically include ontological assumptions about the nature of being and existence into their theor...

“Positive Reinforcement” is seen in the career path

Operant Conditioning

Should Behaviorism Shape Educational Practices? - Submitted by: Tech Streets

In the history of psychology, Behaviorism can be considered a product of its times, and if we reflect back to 1938 when B.F. Skinner published his first book, “The Behavior of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis,” it was a time when totalitarian and fascist regimes were growing ascendant across the world. When one considers “operant conditioning” in the context of those times, it seems as if Skinner is launching the handbook for all future police state control and propaganda models, our worst fears with how human beings are manipulated by the state through mass-produced media, consumer-driven reward systems, surveillance, and control of variables in perceptual reality conceptualization.

analytic philosophy: public exorcism of myths & ghosts

Psychology and War

A Re-categorization of the Schools of Modern Psychology - Submitted by: Thomas Evers

During the course of the 20th century, psychology has been applied in a wide variety of practical situations in society, in both institutions and personal life, with each school of psychology implementing different goals. In discussing the social aspects of war both domestically and internationally, it is important to note the means through which psychology is used by the State to make its conduct of war more efficient, and also how psychology can be used as a means of resistance and social education against war. In this context, it is also possible to look at the schools of psychology individually, and how they relate to the question of war in society.

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	Fascism & Pseudoscience - The Rise & Fall of Behaviorism - Submitted by: Miguel Hernandez The rise and fall of Behaviorism can be charted historically against related developments in the discipline of Psychology which drew upon its findings and experiments but simultaneously leveled a critique of its methods and biases. Behaviorism is important historically as it relates to the development of empirical methods of inquiry into the study of human motivation, and in establishing an objective methodology to search for order in mind, consciousness, and society in the late 19th and early 20th century. In this era, there was a growing dissatisfaction with the...	Miguel Hernandez
	Theories of Mental Illness - History and Systems of Counseling in Psychology - Submitted by: Walt Sonnabend Mental illness involves a combination of emotional, neurological, functional and psychological disturbances in human consciousness, leading to problems in the personal or professional life. All of the five articles under review in this essay revolve around the topics of neuroscience and psychology, referencing the primacy of the brain in influencing consciousness and behaviour. The problems relating to brain physiology are reflected in the states of mind related to mental illness. (Cherry, 2011) Similarly, the processes taking place in our brain also provide the...	Walt Sonnabend
	PTSD in War Veterans - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after Iraq & Afghanistan - Submitted by: David Marshall Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is recognized in the DSM-IV as a mental illness related to the way that individuals process traumatic events over time. While it has long been recognized that shock is a natural reaction of both body and mind to the effects of trauma or violence, it has only been recently established through case studies and surveys that the impact of the trauma can last long after the event. PTSD is related to life-altering or life-threatening situations such as battlefield conditions in war, rape, assault, and other emergency situations where an...	David Marshall
	Psychiatry & the Technosphere - Clinical assessment as science, art, and technology - Submitted by: Miguel Hernandez Clinical assessment and therapy can be considered part science, part art, and part technology in representation of the different methodologies that are used in combination when making a diagnosis or implementing a treatment plan. The science can be seen as the discipline of psychology itself, with the variety of schools and sub-branches. The clinical assessment proceeds on the basis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (IV) as a basis because this represents the synthesis of innumerable peer reviewed journal articles, clinical studies in...	Miguel Hernandez
	Human Development Stages - Piaget’s cognitive development vs. Mead’s role theory - Submitted by: Sara Riverston Piaget’s cognitive development theory relates to Mead’s role theory directly on a common basis where both seek to explain human development through stages, though Mead’s theory emphasizes the social aspects of individual development where Piaget is more biased towards the individual subjectivity. From this it can be concluded that both an understanding of the process of human development psychologically and also socially is required for a fair and balanced scientific analysis or consensus on the process. Mead’s theory compliments Piaget’s...	Sara Riverston
	Existential Theory Group - Gestalt Therapy and Person-centered Counseling Methods - Submitted by: Nicole Briggs In preparing for a career in substance abuse counseling, I have researched into the various schools of psychology to find a methodology which would best represent my own personal approach to practice. With regard to this, I have reviewed the basics and fundamentals of Behaviorism and found this more applicable to institutional or industrial psychology than counseling. The Freudian approach to psychotherapy has a long history but its methodology and approach may be more suited to some personality types over others, and does not represent the general needs of the...	Nicole Briggs

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Transpersonal Psychology - Michael Daniels

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'"Retrospective and Challenges for Transpersonal Psychology". Michael Daniels PhD talks on the history, status, criticisms and future of Transpersonal Psychology. Keynote paper delivered at the British Psychological Society Transpersonal Psychology Section 15th Annual Conference, Cober Hill, Scarborough, 17th September 2011.'

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