I agree with Spatch. I simply do not see social justice and classical liberalism as particularly mutually exclusive or incompatible values, in the context of psychotherapy. Can you not both campaign against systemic injustice while also supporting that person individually to identify beliefs, behavi...

That feels like a fairly good analysis to me. I'd still be interested to hear the perspectives of Peterson's supporters to hear, in their words, what makes him stand out to them. It's hard for me as I am not one of his supporters. Your comment about Christina Hoff Summers is interesting. I watched s...

I think therapeutic models and ideas, with the exception of CBT, seem to have very little penetration into wider culture. Jordan was quite successful in the use of a pre-existing large audience of "everyday people" to introduce psychological concepts that really resonate with people. It's frustrati...

That's quite a good analogy Miriam, thanks. I suppose I was trying to perspective-take and zone into why people find him helpful and, more broadly, why he is so popular, and what can be learned from that. I would not explicitly recommend his content; as you said, there is some harmful content in the...

Just to add to this, I'd be interested in data comparing honorary AP posts to paid. We all know that unpaid posts hugely benefit those from wealthier socioeconomic backgrounds and that honorary posts are often the gateway to accessing paid AP posts. Combined, I wonder how much variance this explains...

As a trainee, I've heard my course are planning to take applicants from the reserve list. They acknowledged that their reserve list is probably big enough, but others might not be, and might have to consider reinterviewing. The main consideration for my course appears to be finding big enough rooms ...

It sounds like you have got some really good experience there. I certainly do not feel that it would be necessary to give up at this stage, unless you're not enjoying your work or feeling difficulty with coping with the process. Regarding AP jobs, Miriam's blog post "how not to apply for jobs in psy...

Just to add a potentially unpopular opinion here. I see Jordan Peterson as a divisive character no doubt, and I certainly agree with many of his critics. Many of his arguments, such as the suggestion that femininity is metaphorically linked to chaos, are wrong at best and damaging at worst. However,...

I'm assuming you're referring to undergraduate study here. If so, I would not say it is easy, but certainly not unachievable. From my experience, your final grade will depend much more directly on the amount of work you put in, rather than intellectual ability (and a number of statistical models wil...

Indeed, this is about your attributions, and whether they are comfortable external stable attributions ("an unfair process") or uncomfortable internal ones ("I didn't perform as well as I expected") and as you've been able to identify your initial thoughts (that are quite self-critical) and later a...

Hi Spatch, I'd just like to say that I appreciate your eloquently written and well thought-through post. Your time has not gone to waste but I have found myself in a busy spot in recent times and have not had a free moment to write a reply that does your comment justice. In the meantime, I agree and...

Thank you for your view, Spatch. I understand and appreciate the perspective that the tests are a useful way of quickly and efficiently reducing large numbers of applicants without necessarily resulting in a detriment to the quality of the quality of those selected. This is why I am not opposed to t...

I think it varies from person to person. For instance I'd argue (and I believe there is evidence suggesting that) that many interview formats are also a heavily pressured situation that do a poor job of capturing whether a person is actually suitable for a position. I think that in the situation un...

If you did want to go about enhancing your 'test metagame', there is probably greater mileage in the route of anxiety manangement... This is precisely why I am sceptical of the use of such tests in DClin selection. State anxiety is going to be at it's absolute peak during the application process an...

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Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:39 pm

That's what they mean by "widening access".

Ah, my mistake, sorry.