Can We Trust Psychology? Presentism, Other Errors
July 24, 2023
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Psychology reflects our contemporary values, mores, and beliefs. It is culture-bound and period-specific, not a science by any extension of the word.
Presentism (a type of anachronism) is the imposition of current ideas, values, knowledge, and perspectives into depictions or interpretations of the past.
Example of Cyrus
author: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
title: Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
publisher: Basic Books
Example of Picasso
author: Kate Bryan
title: The Art of Love: The Romantic and Explosive Stories Behind Art's Greatest Couples
publisher: White Lion Publishing
Semantic change (diachronic linguistics): pejoration and melioration
Examples of nice, silly
Nice meaning a person was foolish to meaning that a person is pleasant
Silly from meaning that a person was happy and fortunate to meaning that they are foolish and unsophisticated.
author: Michael Barone
title: Our First Revolution
publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Example of whigs and tories
Narcissist and psychopath being glamorized (“high-functioning” “positive adaptations”)
Persistent misinformation, myths, and legends
Example of freshwater sharks
author: David Shiffman
title: Why Sharks Matter: A Deep Dive with the World's Most Misunderstood Predator
publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
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