I've been discussing the American Psychological Association on different board, regarding homosexuality. I made mention that I've heard from some people that the APA is considered liberal. When I mentioned that, the person I was talking to said that the APA is merely an organization that bases it conclusions on facts.
Is it true? Not true? Partially true?
The APA: Liberal?
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Re: The APA: Liberal?
I work closely with the APA in my current Master's Program.Forge wrote:I've been discussing the American Psychological Association on different board, regarding homosexuality. I made mention that I've heard from some people that the APA is considered liberal. When I mentioned that, the person I was talking to said that the APA is merely an organization that bases it conclusions on facts.
Is it true? Not true? Partially true?
Psychology is a soft science and it is very much affected in its conclusions by the presuppositions that a person brings to the field.
My experience is that, like a great deal of academia, it tends to be more liberal relative to the general population.
Dogmatism is the comfortable intellectual framework of self-righteousness. Self-righteousness is more decadent than the worst sexual sin. ~ Dan Allender
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"My actions prove that God takes care of idiots."
He occasionally stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.
- On Stanley Baldwin
-Winston Churchill
An atheist can't find God for the same reason a criminal can't find a police officer.
You need to start asking out girls so that you can get used to the rejections.
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He occasionally stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.
- On Stanley Baldwin
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