Reddit reviews Cultural Psychology (Second Edition)

> most modern psychology is baseless garbage

If you take the contributions to psychology of just those three authors alone you will come to a different conclusion. Most of modern psychology has support through converging evidence in both evolutionary biology and neuroscience. It's true that too many of the test subjects are WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) but that doesn't mean that "modern psychology is garbage". That's overstating it. You're not appreciating the state of modern psychology if you think that.

WEIRDness only becomes a problem when trying to explain very concrete behaviors that are very sensitive to culture and circumstance. Explaining the underlying human nature that gives rise to our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors is much easier with a U.S.-centric sample because human nature and human brains don't differ across cultures.

I recommend reading Cultural Psychology by Steven J. Heine (2nd author in your link) to see how much of modern psychology is actually universal principles.

http://www.amazon.com/Cultural-Psychology-Second-Edition-Steven/dp/0393912833

Well shit I wonder why? Maybe because businesses don't want to have a Nazi sympathizer handling their business? With how interconnected this world is becoming having a person in your business who believes many of their clients and customers are inferior to them is just a walking time bomb of a PR disaster. Not to mention the fact that you will inevitably cause issues with many of your coworkers (who may be non-white minorities or just don't like White Supremacists who gleefully admit they're racist). So many potential problems you have. Your "opinions" shape your character, and your character isn't something that any business that at LEAST wants to mitigate risk would want to hire you.

It would be like a hospital deciding whether or not to hire a doctor who expresses beliefs that women enjoy being fondled by strangers. It would be fucking stupid for them to hire that doctor because that guy is a walking disaster that could get the hospital sued.

Likewise, your "opinions" are a walking disaster. Why would any company want to invest in you, when your stupidity and insane beliefs can cause damage to them? I don't have to worry about it because I'm not a dumbass who holds racist beliefs or other any other antiquated or extreme beliefs that would result in me creating unnecessary problems for the company. But if I did hold beliefs that could make me a liability to the company, then I would perfectly understand why they wouldn't hire me. How about you stop being entitled and man up to who you are? I'm Conservative, it rubs some people the wrong way, so fucking what? A company that has a problem with my beliefs isn't a company I want to work for anyways. Then again I was raised to have self respect and integrity, and not an insincere kiss ass. I'll always stand up for my beliefs. Apparently you lack that kind of ideological resolve. Which isn't surprising, racist people are known for being weak-willed and weak minded.

Also yes Sociology classes are incredibly fucking easy. However, many of them do have the data and evidence to back up their claims. Then again I'm American and you're from Ireland and I don't even know what college you went too. So I have no idea what the educational standards of your classes are, especially your sociology department.

Also if you really want to have your thinking challenged. Go see a psychologist. I heard cultural psychologists are trained in challenging racist thinking, but I don't know of any institutions that exist outside of the US.

In fact, I'd recommend you take psychology classes. Specifically cross-cultural psychology (if it even exists at your college). I've read a few books on the topic and it did challenge a lot of my pre-conceived notions about humans in general.

You know what, I'll even do you a solid and recommend you a book