Would it be possible to implement a "psychology" sub-forum?

[Q-1]

Many of my interests align with psychology and understanding human behaviour and nature. I spend considerable time on the internet devoting my studies on self-actualization enhancement and improvement by trying to understand myself better. I am deeply enamoured by the objectivity of this forum and with it the resulting topics that can be said on any particular psychological issue (devoid emotional content).

I would hope to ask if it is possible to implement a specific category devoted to analyzing psychological "dynamics" process' and such matters.

If this is irrelevant please don't hesitate to throw it in the trash bin.

 

[phinds]

Many of my interests align with psychology and understanding human behaviour and nature. I spend considerable time on the internet devoting my studies on self-actualization enhancement and improvement by trying to understand myself better. I am deeply enamoured by the objectivity of this forum and with it the resulting topics that can be said on any particular psychological issue (devoid emotional content).

I would hope to ask if it is possible to implement a specific category devoted to analyzing psychological "dynamics" process' and such matters.

If this is irrelevant please don't hesitate to throw it in the trash bin.

I suggest a forum search. This has been proposed several times. It's not going to happen.

 

[Q-1]

I suggest a forum search. This has been proposed several times. It's not going to happen.

Understood. Though, you can't have darkness without light.

Could you provide me with the designated topics you are referring to? I had better acquaint myself with the underlying rationale behind that idea to steer in calm and steady waters.

 

[Borek]

Adding forums doesn't generate traffic, empty forums don't make sense. When there will be traffic, we can think about channeling it to its own place.

Applies to very topic and every branch of science.

 

[phinds]

Understood. Though, you can't have darkness without light.

Could you provide me with the designated topics you are referring to? I had better acquaint myself with the underlying rationale behind that idea to steer in calm and steady waters.

I suggest a forum search.

 

[Q-1]

I suggest a forum search.

Do you have a particular thread in mind? My abilities are limited at what I can search for here.

 

[phinds]

Do you have a particular thread in mind? My abilities are limited at what I can search for here.

I just searched for "psychology forum" and found threads discussing adding sub forums

 

[Q-1]

I just searched for "psychology forum" and found threads discussing adding sub forums

Thank you.

I found what I was looking for here:

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/i-propose-some-new-forums-sub-forums.939631

 

[Ophiolite]

Adding forums doesn't generate traffic, empty forums don't make sense. When there will be traffic, we can think about channeling it to its own place.

Alternatively, as in Field of Dreams, "If you build it they will come."

 

[berkeman]

Thank you.

I found what I was looking for here:

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/i-propose-some-new-forums-sub-forums.939631

As mentioned in that thread, this is one problematic issue:

I'm not sure about a Psychology forum as that seldom comes up or it comes up tending toward philosophy which we don't discuss here.

For psychological issues discussed in the peer-reviewed literature, you can probably discuss them in our existing Medical forum. As long as they stay centered on the science, don't sway into philosophy, and nobody is asking for medical advice or diagnoses, such a thread would probably be okay.

As you can see, that's a pretty narrow focus, so keeping such threads in the Medical forum makes the most sense for now. Also, to grow such a forum, we would likely need a licensed psychologist on the Mentor staff, to help to Moderate the new forum. We are lucky to have subject matter experts for Mentors and SAs in our existing forums, which helps to keep the posting quality high, and helps us to deal (hopefully fairly) with problematic posts and threads when they come up.

 

[Klystron]

A "Human Factors" engineering forum might bridge gaps. For example, almost any discussion of user controls invokes human biology, psychology and perception.

Linguistics and knowledge theory seem logical categories as in-roads into the physical forums particularly as organizing and accessing the vast wealth of data, information, and knowledge remain critical to learning science.

 

[Q-1]

Also, to grow such a forum, we would likely need a licensed psychologist on the Mentor staff, to help to Moderate the new forum.

It's been my longstanding impression for a while now, that the internet needs a team of psychologists to address negative affective attitudes. I would be willing and able to financially support such a venture.

 

[Q-1]

I should note perhaps, that my goal is a positivistic conception of psychology, not the self-fulfilling fatalistic hogwash that psychology is known for since Freud. Rather similar to Maslow, a self-actualizing entity inhabits every person, and should (?) be fostered.

 

[jtbell]

IIRC we once had a forum for the social sciences in general, but it was removed because it didn't get much traffic.

 

[berkeman]

It's been my longstanding impression for a while now

 

[ZapperZ]

If this forum creates a forum for every single topic that people suggest, we will need pages and pages of listing of all the various forum. Finding the proper forum to post in will be a convoluted mess!

My original and repeated argument still stands: (i) show that there is a high level of interest in the subject, and (ii) that there will be a sustained level of participation in that subject after that forum has been created.

This is first, and foremost, a physics forum, or more broadly, a physical science forum. It should not be a surprise to anyone that topics that are within such realm will have not only greater attention, but also higher level of participation than other topics. After all, I do not see that many people wanting to discuss particle accelerators in a Disney forum, regardless of how important particle accelerators are.

Zz.

 

[Klystron]

Agree with the Zapper on content. The criteria for establishing sub-forums -- prove sustained interest in advance -- appears stringent but measurable using data from recent and extant forums. IT (information theory/tech) provides measures such as number_visitor, I/O_intervals, dwell_time; that provide exemplars that represent 'interest in the sub-forum content' correctly weighted.Physical science remains the bedrock. IT doesn't get a break from this strong criteria because it provides tools to scientists -- so do glass-blowers, and pigment grinders -- very "physical" professions. IT completes the criteria because IT's based on mathematics and electronics.

Consider Anthropology. Physical anthropologists provide 'hard data' but cultural anthropologists, specifically linguists and ethnographers, also provide hard physical data in the form of recorded speech. Mathematicians studying languages can confirm the rich data environment derived from 'sound files' compared to rather dry character compilations of written speech.

 

[jtbell]

Even if we don't have a forum about some scientific topic, it's still possible to post about it in the General Discussion forum. We do require that such posts follow our general guidelines, most notably that they avoid personal theories and are grounded in research that has been published in recognized peer-reviewed journals or textbooks.

 

[symbolipoint]

Many of my interests align with psychology and understanding human behaviour and nature. I spend considerable time on the internet devoting my studies on self-actualization enhancement and improvement by trying to understand myself better. I am deeply enamoured by the objectivity of this forum and with it the resulting topics that can be said on any particular psychological issue (devoid emotional content).

I would hope to ask if it is possible to implement a specific category devoted to analyzing psychological "dynamics" process' and such matters.

If this is irrelevant please don't hesitate to throw it in the trash bin.

Simple; Wrong Forum!

That much has been discussed in more detail.

Look for other forums on the internet and maybe you will find suitable ones to explore further.

Psychological-based discussions which might work on Physcsforums could be, group-interactions among teams of various physical scientists and engineers; group or personal interactions between life-science and physical scientists ; or maybe frustrations in the interactions among business people and technical people; but none of these might deserve a dedicated board on Physicsforums.