Talk:Mood (psychology): Difference between revisions
The added "rose-colored/ lemon-colored glasses" phrase - the inmates are taking over the asylum |
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:Slightly concerned! You ought to be very concerned about this whole article. It should not be under Psychology. --[[User:Mattisse|Mattisse]] 01:31, 9 September 2007 (UTC) |
:Slightly concerned! You ought to be very concerned about this whole article. It should not be under Psychology. --[[User:Mattisse|Mattisse]] 01:31, 9 September 2007 (UTC) |
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Mood is not a term psychologists use when they are trying to explain something. It is folk or lay psychology. The concept of mood is important if normal humans are to have any way of gaining access to the deeper articles in psychology. If someone takes the trouble to look up mood, but find no article or find one that takes them to an article only a psychoanalyst or cognitive neuroscientist or behaviorist could love, WP will not have done its job. If you take the trouble to look in some books on emotion, you will find that psychologists and cognitive neuroscientists have a great deal of trouble giving precise meaning (that they can use) to lay psychology terms. I am creating a short article called [[Habit (psychology)]] that is intended to provide a bridge between lay psychology and professional psychology. Formerly if someone clicked on habit, it usually went to [[Habituation]] which is not what normal people mean. [[User:DCDuring|DCDuring]] 03:24, 9 September 2007 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 03:24, 9 September 2007
Slight edit: Added the "rose-colored / lemon-colored glasses" phrase, since (in my experience) those are more commonly used than the "spectacles" variant. - User:Gingerkitteh
- I'm slightly concerned that this phrase might be found offensive by some who consider themselves optimists, since it is often used as a visual image
- Slightly concerned! You ought to be very concerned about this whole article. It should not be under Psychology. --Mattisse 01:31, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
Mood is not a term psychologists use when they are trying to explain something. It is folk or lay psychology. The concept of mood is important if normal humans are to have any way of gaining access to the deeper articles in psychology. If someone takes the trouble to look up mood, but find no article or find one that takes them to an article only a psychoanalyst or cognitive neuroscientist or behaviorist could love, WP will not have done its job. If you take the trouble to look in some books on emotion, you will find that psychologists and cognitive neuroscientists have a great deal of trouble giving precise meaning (that they can use) to lay psychology terms. I am creating a short article called Habit (psychology) that is intended to provide a bridge between lay psychology and professional psychology. Formerly if someone clicked on habit, it usually went to Habituation which is not what normal people mean. DCDuring 03:24, 9 September 2007 (UTC)