Originally Posted by HugAJackass
Originally Posted by toltecgriz
Doesn't anybody do Maslow anymore?
My Cat is named Maslow. The wife was a psych major. Go figure.

She tells me that for the most part Freud, Jung, and Skinner are considered jokes in the psychology world now. I don't remember why, but she explained how modern psychologist do not adhere to the concepts those three proposed.

Your wife was obviously paying attention in her classes. The last I heard, Maslow's theory wasn't supported very well by research either. I always used to grit my teeth when some trainer would present Maslow's Hierarchy at the beginning of her class like it was some sort of gospel. Intuitive appeal ain't the same as validity!

Aside from analysts who had paid out a fortune for their own didactic analyses, I never knew many folks who took Freudian theory very seriously. English teachers loved it, or course, for all the symbolism and sexual stuff.

Past tense used because I've been retired for awhile.

Paul

Stupidity has its way, while its cousin, evil, runs rampant.