Christensen Julie Bo
Centre of Cultural Psychlogy, Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, DK-9000, Aalborg, Denmark.
Integr Psychol Behav Sci. 2020 Sep;54(3):710-717. doi: 10.1007/s12124-020-09540-5.
Ho (2019) have provided a useful constructive critique of why psychology has not succeeded in becoming a 'real science'. This review includes a summary of the main points David Ho states in his new book and moves further into the discussion of 'successful science'. The main content of the book is summarized in five issues: (1) Psychology immersed in peoples' lives, (2) Cognition: What makes humans human, (3) Education, (4) Madness, religion and spirituality, and (5) Psychology applied to enhance the quality of life. What follows, is further elaboration of three main themes: 'abysmal' science, the gap between theoretical and applied psychology, and the aim of psychology. In addition, this follows the discussion initiated by Zagaria et al. (Integrative Psychology and Behavioral Science, 54, 3, 2020) who suggest an evolutionary psychology as the most compelling approach in scientific psychology while adding to this discussion a suggestion of an artistic psychology. With the notion of artistic as integrated in scientific the discussion is enriched and the developmental focus suggested is awakened. By integrating art as the pathway to 'science' Vygotsky's notion of aesthetic synthesis is re-visited.
何（2019年）对心理学为何未能成功成为一门“真正的科学”提出了有益的建设性批评。这篇综述总结了大卫·何在其新书中阐述的要点，并进一步深入探讨“成功的科学”。该书的主要内容归纳为五个问题：（1）心理学融入人们的生活；（2）认知：使人类之所以为人类的因素；（3）教育；（4）疯狂、宗教与灵性；（5）应用于提升生活质量的心理学。接下来，将进一步阐述三个主要主题：“糟糕的”科学、理论心理学与应用心理学之间的差距，以及心理学的目标。此外，这延续了扎加里亚等人（《综合心理学与行为科学》，第54卷，第3期，2020年）发起的讨论，他们认为进化心理学是科学心理学中最具说服力的方法，同时在此讨论基础上增加了艺术心理学的建议。随着将艺术概念融入科学，讨论得以丰富，所提出的发展重点也被唤醒。通过将艺术作为通向“科学”的途径，重新审视了维果茨基的审美综合概念。
