Talk:Basic science (psychology)

Please begin to complete this entry. It serves to balance the entry for applied psychology. I created it so that there would be balance in the links on the psychology sidebar.Iss246 (talk) 05:54, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Quiddity, thanks for helping out with this page. Please continue. I also must confess that I am not happy with the name of the page. I need a name that distinguishes some parts of psychology from the fields under the rubric of applied psychology (e.g., educational psychology, i/o, clinical). The term "research psychology" that was once on the psychology sidebar does not work because a great deal of research goes on in applied psychology (e.g., clinical trials to compare the efficacy of rival therapies for depression; quasi-experiments comparing phonics to whole language instruction in the early grades). If you can think of a good title that embraces fields as diverse as neuropsychology and social psychology, please make a recommendation.Iss246 (talk) 21:36, 14 April 2009 (UTC)


 * The first problems with this article is that it does not cite any sources. All the content is just copied from the introduction of the subarticles. The other problem which is more important is that researchers in all of the areas listed conduct both basic and applied research. Even organisational psychology contributes to basic science. "Scientific aspects of I/O Psychology include both applied and basic science. Applied aspects are oriented around scientific solutions to human problems at work. Basic aspects are quite variable, following the investigator's interests. Examples include research on methods of behavioral measurement, communication, motivation, social interaction, and leadership. Source: The Science and Practice of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Reprinted with permission.". We could just have a short description of what is considered basic and applied in psychology with examples. Action potential discuss contribs 02:59, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

I wanted to get the page started. The material on the page is very general and reflects common knowledge. Please edit, and add to the page.Iss246 (talk) 04:36, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

I vote to keep basic science (psychology) right here, and not fold it into the fundamental science page. The term basic science (psychology) dovetails better with the term applied psychology. This idea is in keeping with the division in the psychology sidebar. I think another argument against such a merger is that psychology not get lumped together with medicine, which is the mainstay of the fundamental science page. Psychology would be submerged by medicine.Iss246 (talk) 16:42, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

On the talkpage at "Fundamental science", I explain the error of this article's titling: ''To begin with, the article "Basic science (psychology)" is incorrectly titled. It ought to be titled "Psychology (basic)" versus "Psychology (applied)", or "Basic psychology" versus "Applied psychology", or simply "Psychology" with "Basic psychology" and "Applied psychology" sections, or simply "Psychology" versus "Applied psychology". In sum, there are a number of ways to correctly represent it, but not "Basic science (psychology)". For instance, the article on basic philosophy is titled "Philosophy", not "Basic humanities (philosophy)". The articles on applied philosophy are titled "Philosophy of science" or "Philosophy of mind" or "Philosophy of law", and so on.'' — Occurring (talk) 08:45, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

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