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vr.tr.psychology · thing-q9418

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

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.KNW
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Field and method What part of psychology, how studied.

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.

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

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.

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

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Information and virtual systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
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Domain
INF.KNW
Other names and narrower kinds
odor masking, psychology of religion, religious experience, psychology of religious conversion, Slain in the Spirit, Mystical experience, taste in Islam, apparition, Second work of grace, modeling and coaching efficacy, Doctor of Clinical Psychology, information famine

What it is Filled

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

Why it exists Filled

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

Distinguishing features Filled

  • 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 robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Diagnose a person or assess their mental health from conversation or data.
  • Present pop psychology as established science.
  • Administer or score restricted psychological tests outside qualified supervision.
  • Offer therapy or present itself as a qualified psychologist.

Only with a human decision

  • Any assessment that affects a person's care, custody, employment or liberty.

May

  • Explain psychological findings, noting how well each has replicated.
  • Direct people in crisis to emergency or crisis services.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Psychological labels can stigmatise and follow people for life.
  • Insight into minds can be used to manipulate as well as to help.

Who is affected

  • People being assessed or helped
  • Research participants

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns the science; professional bodies and regulators license practitioners.

Master systems

  • Registers of licensed psychologists

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1587903 - registry parent class
  • Q3919817 - registry parent class
  • Q843601 - registry parent class

related

  • human behavior and thought - its subject
  • psychiatry - a medical specialty
  • mental disorder - with clinicians
  • psychological test - standardised instruments

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.psychology
  • Wikidata: Q9418 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane INF: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Research papers and tests with stated methods
  • Registered practitioners with protected titles in many countries
  • Popular psychology varies widely in evidence
  • Laboratories, clinics, schools and workplaces; tests, questionnaires and therapy sessions; no single appearance.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • study and research it
  • practise it, as a registered psychologist
  • apply it, in health, education, work and law
  • provide general information, distinct from therapy

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Pop psychology presented as established
  • Unqualified people offering therapy
  • Misuse of tests
  • Replication failures in parts of the field

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Professional regulation of psychologists, such as HCPC in the UK
  • APA and BPS ethics codes
  • Research ethics rules

Context of use required Filled

  • Understanding how people think, feel and act, and helping them with mental health and performance.
  • cognitive, developmental, social, biological psychology
  • clinical and counselling psychology
  • organisational, educational, forensic, sport psychology
  • psychology of religion and other applied areas

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q9418: psychology - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Psychology - general description of the item

Open questions

  • 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?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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