Can We Trust Psychology? Presentism, Other Errors

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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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