多谢猫大转载!
曾经很迷过一阵子卡特尔(R.B.Cattell)的流体智力和晶体智力的分类,他本人是科学家出身,笃信 “只要是存在的事物就可以量化”,所以他对智力研究也进行了量化。这段是从维基上抄下来他的原话,“Psychology appeared to be a jungle of confusing, conflicting, and arbitrary concepts. These pre-scientific theories doubtless contained insights which still surpass in refinement those depended upon by psychiatrists or psychologists today. But who knows, among the many brilliant ideas offered, which are the true ones? Some will claim that the statements of one theorist are correct, but others will favour the views of another. Then there is no objective way of sorting out the truth except through scientific research."
另外,心理历史学家叟寇(M.Sokal)写到,“Psychology, more than most other sciences, can learn much from the past, and so should devote much attention both to its own history and to that of human beings at large."
个人感觉,心理学的研究还应该加入人类大脑科学的研究成果。我们的大脑约有120亿个脑细胞,只有不到10%是充分发展和常加运用的,其余的处于原始未开发的状态。如果这90%强的脑细胞能够被激活并运用起来,那么人类的智力又将会是什么样子?
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