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A Psychology Scrapbook by Deborah Williams |
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Welcome |
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Many people of my parent’s generation will always remember where they were when JFK was shot. I have several had several moments like that in my life. I will never forget where I was when I heard about the tragic events at Columbine high school. Nor will I ever forget pulling over to the side of a residential street on my way to work as the radio announcer , with obvious shock and horror in his voice, announced that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center. I will never forget the questions that those events raised. Why? Why do we do these things to each other? Why is one person always happy, and another often sad? What makes us human? What is this thing called the human experience? Why do we have emotions? How can we help people through hard times? These are all questions that have drawn people to the science of psychology. These are the things that have drawn me to psychology, and what I have found within it’s confines has been as diverse, as challenging, and as rich as I could have hoped. To me, psychology is hope. It is the hope that through science and understanding we can indeed forge a world free of such violence and suffering. This scrapbook is an analysis of the language used within the profession; an attempt to gain insight how we use language, and what that means, not only for members of the profession, but also for the public that we seek to understand and assist. However, for me it is more than that. It is a window into how we as members of a global community can seek to understand one another in a deeper more profound way. It is another tool that I can use in the research, the science of the way we talk, feel, think about and behave towards one another. I hope it will be for you also. |
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The Language of the mind |
