这次看的还是绪论部分,大致讲述了心理学和“常识”的冲突,有价值的地方有不少。

Sentence 1

We all have implicit models of behavior that govern our interactions and out thoughts about ourselves and other people. Indeed, some social, personality, and cognitive psychologists study the nature of these implicit psychological theories. Rarely do we state our theories clearly and logically. (Chap. 1, p. 13)

简评:这说的应该就是“心理理论”,确实是我们会视为理所当然,常常忽视但是意义非凡的心理现象。

Sentence 2

That folk wisdom is “after the fact” wisdom, and that it actually is useless in a truly predictive sence, is why sociologist Duncan Watts titled one of his books: Everything Is Obvious——Once You Know the Answer. (Chap. 1, p. 14)

简评:这种意见,有种似曾相识的感觉。当然我不知道身边会有多少人是这么想的。常识不等于知识,大概也是说起来容易,但是容易忘记的事情。

Sentence 3

Folk beliefs are not always immune to evidence. Sometimes, when the contradictory evidence becomes too widely known, folk psychology (“common sense”) does change. (Chap. 1, p. 16)

简评:对前人的清醒认识和在当下的执迷不悟似乎也是因此并存。总的来说,这种影响可大可小,作者应该是比较强调大的部分。

Sentence 4

Past president of the APA Gerald Koocher (2006) boldly warned us about the nature of psychological research by titling one of his presidential columns “Psychological Science is not Political Correct.” (Chap. 1, p. 18)

简评:这也是很重要的一点。在这种意义上,心理学研究更容易遭受有偏向性的解读。

Sentence 5

Examples such as this arise because the relatively new science of psychology has just begun to uncover facts about aspects of behavior that have previously escaped study. The relative youth of psychology as a science partially explains why many people are confused about the discipline. Nevertheless, during the past several decades, psychology has become firmly established in the interconnecting structure of knowledge that we call science. (Chap. 1, p. 18)

简评:让人困惑,也让人兴奋。这就是现状。