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I am not going to describe the multitude of advances due to psychological sciences. I'd just like to point out that while the Stanford Prison Experiments got a

I am not going to describe the multitude of advances due to psychological sciences. I'd just like to point out that while the Stanford Prison Experiments got a lot of press, these experiments occurred a long time ago in a particular subfield of pschology, and has very little to do with the validity of psychological sciences as a whole.

tssva 8y ago
With so many to choose from coming up with one you thought would survive scrutiny here should have been as easy as giving the blithe dismissive answer you did.
- SubiculumCode 8y ago
  As blithely dismissive as grandparent who dismissed a whole field of science based on one scientific study (and hand waves at unnamed others)? Are you serious? If you want a 'practical' set of findings, just take a look at all the psychological tricks learned and now applied to increase social media addiction, gambling addiction, etcetera. Cognitive biases research have often proven robust under repeated tests and paradigms. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases I have in my own research examined and confirmed a number of the memory error biases listed on that page.
  - didibus 8y ago
    I'm not dismissive without cause: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/psychology-s-credibility-crisis-the-bad-the-good-and-the-ugly/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/psychology-s-cred... As a bystander, I'm not a psychologist, the last few years have been article after article affecting the credibility of psychology. Then, I paused and thought, what has psychology done to improve our lives? And I can't think of anything. So I'm calling out to others to show me the flip side. Every wikipedia page I go to has a huge section in criticism that basically says no one knows, some people say this is true and works, an equal amount of others say its not and doesn't. Like the page on CBT: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy Cognitive Bias is my first showcase of something that seems mostly proven without controversy. Can I ask what has been the next step in using our understanding of inherent cognitive biases? You mentioned they're used to increase addiction to products. That's a shame, has it helped in other areas, maybe to more positive outcomes?

tssva 8y ago

With so many to choose from coming up with one you thought would survive scrutiny here should have been as easy as giving the blithe dismissive answer you did.

SubiculumCode 8y ago
As blithely dismissive as grandparent who dismissed a whole field of science based on one scientific study (and hand waves at unnamed others)? Are you serious? If you want a 'practical' set of findings, just take a look at all the psychological tricks learned and now applied to increase social media addiction, gambling addiction, etcetera. Cognitive biases research have often proven robust under repeated tests and paradigms. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases I have in my own research examined and confirmed a number of the memory error biases listed on that page.
- didibus 8y ago
  I'm not dismissive without cause: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/psychology-s-credibility-crisis-the-bad-the-good-and-the-ugly/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/psychology-s-cred... As a bystander, I'm not a psychologist, the last few years have been article after article affecting the credibility of psychology. Then, I paused and thought, what has psychology done to improve our lives? And I can't think of anything. So I'm calling out to others to show me the flip side. Every wikipedia page I go to has a huge section in criticism that basically says no one knows, some people say this is true and works, an equal amount of others say its not and doesn't. Like the page on CBT: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy Cognitive Bias is my first showcase of something that seems mostly proven without controversy. Can I ask what has been the next step in using our understanding of inherent cognitive biases? You mentioned they're used to increase addiction to products. That's a shame, has it helped in other areas, maybe to more positive outcomes?