Talk:British Psychological Society

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I thought about adding the following sections - comments?

Journals

Subsystems (Sections, Divisions, Special Groups)

Presidents?

Something about the HPC?

Any other ideas?

Hi there, I had just read this article myself, and as with you, thought that something better be added on the Society sub-systems. This could clarify how "Divisions" and "Sections" are to be distinguished. ACEO 19:04, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

I think more precision could be used to enter the number of members of the BPS, including the number of members who are Chartered Psychologists. Does any one have data on these?ACEO 18:36, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

I presume that a lot of people who read this will themselves be in the British Psychological Society. They may like to know that they can now add themselves to the category of "Wikipedians in the British Psychological Society" (I have for some time been the sole member of this category!) ACEO 21:49, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Comparing it with the article on the American Psychological Association
I shall be quite honest and state that, despite being based in the United Kingdom, I find the Wikipedia article on the American Psychological Association better than this one. Does any one have any comments? I certainly think it is better presented. ACEOREVIVED 19:25, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Accurate information on initials must go in article
I was very concerned to see this article making the totally unsourced and dubious claim that members of the BPS can write "MBPS" after their names. To do so would actually be considered a serious offense by the BPS, as it would give the misleading impression that one needed more than a Psychology degree to gain graduate status of the BPS. I have now inserted more accurate information, on how chartered psychologists can write "C. Psychol." after their names. ACEOREVIVED 19:25, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

User category for discussion (delete)
There's currently a discussion going on at UCFD, that could use some input from those knowledgeable about this society. Whether you think the category is useful or not, I encourage you to contribute to the conversation. Ben Hocking (talk 20:15, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Redirect?
how come "MBPS" redirects here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.19.14.39 (talk) 05:16, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * See the thread before last, above. MBPS = Member of the British Psychological Society. But if there are other, equally notable, meanings for the abbreviation, then the redirect should be changed to a disambiguation list. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:58, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Peter Banister is current president
Peter Banister is the current president from 2012 to 2013; this is not clarified in the article, so this article now needs an update. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 14:53, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

OK - I just made the update myself! ACEOREVIVED (talk) 14:56, 10 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for reminding us. I have also corrected it in the opening section. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:05, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Consciousness & Experiential Psychology Section (CEPS)
Now that the entry for the CEPS has been merged with the main BPS entry, the main article looks seriously unbalanced. The BPS has many member networks of which the CEPS is a very minor one in terms of membership. That it is the only one given any treatment other than a mere mention looks most odd, and could skew readers' understanding of the work of the Society. Either the section on the CEPS needs to be deleted or the main article ought to be populated with corresponding information on all the other member networks. Lissagriffin (talk) 17:08, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

BJP
The British Journal of Psychology currently re-directs to this article. Surely, of all the BPS journals, this one deserves its own article? Martinevans123 (talk) 18:10, 10 August 2013 (UTC)


 * There's nothing stopping you from creating it. Barney the barney barney (talk) 18:27, 10 August 2013 (UTC)


 * How kind. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:36, 10 August 2013 (UTC)


 * This is Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit (including you!). For more on this see Introduction and Your first article. Thanks.  Barney the barney barney (talk) 19:21, 10 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Now I really am impressed. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:24, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

"A note about psychotherapy"
Is it possible to discuss this section, included by longstanding consensus, instead of just edit warring over it inclusion?? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:03, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

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Special groups
I added a list of the current special groups as listed on the BPS website including coaching psychology. I propose to add a line or two about the scope of each group or network. Notgain (talk) 07:10, 16 July 2019 (UTC) Added dot point for the two journals Coaching Psychology and International Coaching Review under the groups section. Notgain (talk) 08:00, 19 July 2019 (UTC)