new subforum request: experimental psych

[greenmac]

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It would be great if SDN had an experimental psych subforum. Is there any chance that this might be added?

 

[cara susanna]

I'm no expert, but don't forums on this website have to be somehow medically-related?

 

[greenmac]

You're probably right. But that's a shame. It's student Doctor, not student Physician. Experimental psychologists are every bit as much "Doctors" as clinical psychologists.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

I don't think there are enough current topics/need for a sub-forum at this time. Clinical is sort of an umbrella for Clinical, Counseling, Industrial Organizational, Experimental, etc.

Please feel free to start additional threads that have an Experimental focus....the more the merrier.

 

[BorntoRun]

You're probably right. But that's a shame. It's student Doctor, not student Physician. Experimental psychologists are every bit as much "Doctors" as clinical psychologists.

I'll take a small (though not overwhelmingly strong) exception to that statement. Clinical psychologists are 'doctors' by title to the same extent that experimental psychologists, chemists, and paleontologists are. However, given that the clinical psychology doctorate is (largely) a doctorate in studying what's wrong with people, why it's wrong, and how to fix it, I think it's not entirely accurate to say that all doctoral-level people (rather than MDs) are exactly equal in how much they are "Doctors". Perhaps I'm being overly colloquial, but with the common definition of doctor, clinical psychologists are closer than most other doctors of philosophy.

 

[psybee]

in general, this site is about the healthcare professions. there's also MPH, RN Pharm communities, etc.

 

[greenmac]

Clinical psychologists are 'doctors' by title to the same extent that experimental psychologists, chemists, and paleontologists are. However, given that the clinical psychology doctorate is (largely) a doctorate in studying what's wrong with people, why it's wrong, and how to fix it, I think it's not entirely accurate to say that all doctoral-level people (rather than MDs) are exactly equal in how much they are "Doctors".

I didn't mean to start a debate about what constitutes a doctor. Your first sentence quoted above is exactly right. However, the second sentence misleadingly implies that job description, moreso than degree, qualifies "doctorhood." Are massage therapists, hair stylists, and psychic healers more "doctorly" than a non-medical PhD? I hope most people would answer No. If the "D" in your degree stands for Doctor, you've officially earned recognition as a doctor. Your subjective, personal value judgments about who "deserves" the title more are as silly and irrelevant as the common (mis)understanding of all doctors as medical physicians.

 

[cara susanna]

But then this forum would need subforums for every academic field that lets you get a doctorate.

 

[paramour]

I concur with the previous posts re: no need for a subforum (and I have a degree in experimental psych).