Of The Six Common Criticisms Listed By Lillienfeld Summary
1. Of the six common criticisms listed by Lilienfeld, which do you find the most problematic for the field of psychology? Why?
I think the most problematic is the last one — “Psychology is not useful to Society.” It could be very problematic if majority of the people would think that way. If they do not find psychology useful, then they would not think it’s a class worth learning let alone a field worth going into. In addition, if people don’t think psychology is useful, then whether it uses scientific method or not, whether it can make precise predictions or not, etc would be irrelevant and useless.
2. Name one or two arguments that you think are the strongest that Lilienfeld offers. Name at least one argument that you think is not as strong.
I think the most problematic is the last one — “Psychology is not useful to Society.” It could be very problematic if majority of the people would think that way. If they do not find psychology useful, then they would not think it’s a class worth learning let alone a field worth going into. In addition, if people don’t think psychology is useful, then whether it uses scientific method or not, whether it can make precise predictions or not, etc would be irrelevant and useless.
2. Name one or two arguments that you think are the strongest that Lilienfeld offers. Name at least one argument that you think is not as strong.