Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: libraries, psychology, and you Message-ID: <670@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 21:46:19 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.670 Posted: Mon Aug 12 21:46:19 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 03:58:03 EDT References: <3109@nsc.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Distribution: net Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 38 Summary: In article <3109@nsc.UUCP> chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Laurie Sefton, C/O chuqui) writes: >Upon checking out the local bookstore, I found 180 titles found under the >section titled "psychology". 12 titles were written by such people as >Freud, Skinner, Jung, and Rogers. The rest were titles such as "Nice Girls >Do!", "Psycho-Cybernetics and Your Life", various TA books, one on EST, and >two by Dr Peck, who appears to be attempting to combine demonology and >psychology, a viewpoint not seen since about 200 years ago (evil is *such* >a nice precise psychological term). Something that bothers me about your average bookstore: Typically you will find one section of shelves on psychology, broken down as above, maybe half a section on philosophy, mostly of the same quality as above, and at least _two_ sections on astrology and another two or three on the occult. Given that bookstores are in business to make money, and therefore stock the more popular books, I think this says something fairly terrible about the reading tastes of the American public. (And no, I _don't_ intend to get into an argument over the relative merits of astrology and witchcraft. Some of my best friends are witches). BTW, I think there's more than one Dr. Peck in the pshrink business. The one I worked with was at the L.A. Suicide Prevention Center and frequently appears on TV as an expert in teenage suicide. I didn't particularly like him, but I wouldn't think he was in to demonology ... Likewise, TA (transactional analysis, for the uninitiated) is a legitimate psychological technique. Unfortunately, it's become a favorite of many amateurs and therefore much abused and discredited. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe