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psychology

vr.tr.psychology · INF.KNW

Let an agent treat psychology as a discipline with fields, methods and evidence, and as a regulated profession, without offering diagnosis or therapy.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent treat psychology as a discipline with fields, methods and evidence, and as a regulated profession, without offering diagnosis or therapy.

The scientific study of mind and behaviour, and the profession that applies it to assess and help people.

What it is for: Understanding how people think, feel and act, and helping them with mental health and performance.

It can be study and research it; practise it, as a registered psychologist; apply it, in health, education, work and law; provide general information, distinct from therapy.

Distinguishing features

A science and a profession

Studies mind and behaviour at many levels

Protected titles for practitioners in many jurisdictions

Psychiatry is a medical specialty, not the same profession

What it looks like

Laboratories, clinics, schools and workplaces; tests, questionnaires and therapy sessions; no single appearance.

How it is recognised

Research papers and tests with stated methods

Registered practitioners with protected titles in many countries

Popular psychology varies widely in evidence

Related models

studies - its subject

human behavior and thought

is confused with - a medical specialty

psychiatry

assesses - with clinicians

mental disorder

uses - standardised instruments

psychological test

In practice

Families and kinds

cognitive, developmental, social, biological psychology

clinical and counselling psychology

organisational, educational, forensic, sport psychology

psychology of religion and other applied areas

Standards and regulation

Professional regulation of psychologists, such as HCPC in the UK

APA and BPS ethics codes

Research ethics rules

Failure modes and hazards

Pop psychology presented as established

Unqualified people offering therapy

Misuse of tests

Replication failures in parts of the field

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.psychology

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Field and method What part of psychology, how studied.

Field and method locate a claim.

Field

Sub-discipline.

Field

The field.

  1. Which field of psychology is this? definition
  2. Is it basic or applied? definition

Method

Experiment, survey, clinical.

Method

The method and its limits.

  1. Which method produced this finding? provenance
  2. Has it replicated? provenance
Practice Professional psychology.

Practice is regulated to protect clients.

Registration

Protected titles.

Registration

Registration status.

  1. Is this practitioner registered, and with whom? provenance
  2. Which titles are protected here? definition

Services

Assessment and therapy.

Service

What services are offered.

  1. What services does the practitioner provide? definition
  2. What evidence supports that therapy? measurement
Assessment Tests and measures.

Tests must be valid, reliable and properly used.

Tests

Standardised instruments.

Instrument

The test used.

  1. Which test is used, and is it validated for this population? provenance
  2. Who is qualified to administer it? boundary

Interpretation

Using results.

Interpretation

How results are interpreted.

  1. How should the results be interpreted? definition
  2. What must not be concluded from them? boundary
Agent limits Support, not therapy.

An agent may give general information and signpost, not treat.

Scope

Information only.

Scope

What an agent may say.

  1. Is this a general question or a request for therapy? boundary
  2. Which reliable source should be cited? provenance

Crisis

Urgent help.

Crisis response

How to respond to a crisis.

  1. Does the person seem to be in crisis? boundary
  2. Which crisis service should be offered? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should fields of psychology be separate entries?
  • How should agents flag findings affected by replication problems?
  • Where exactly is the line between support and therapy for an agent?
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