OCR Text |
Show UTAH INDEPENDENT August 13, 1971 HTUM man is expected to learn the difference tween right and wrong, good and evil, and becon- duct himself accordingly. 6. That the genius of a successful life is becoming and acting in harresponsible, mony with the fixed laws of Cod which were designed for happy, prosperous living. 7. That man is free to choose the pattern of behavior which he will follow but he is not free to escape the consequences. Virtue and morality are rewarded. and criminal behavior forfeit the reward. self-controll- Anti-soci- GUN CONTROL TO MORALITY 5. That ed, al History has demonstrated that when men understand these precepts and govern themselves by them they become capable of great cultural achievements. The absence of these precepts creates a cultural crisis. And that is where western civilization finds itself today. The further we go with thinking of Freud and Watson the more we become enmeshed in a sick, sick societv. This is why my professor friend, whom I quoted at the beginning of this article, hurst out with his vehement declamation, The traditional psychologists really blew it! Ibis friend is a psychologist but he belongs to a new school called Third Force Psychology. This represents a whole new trend in the defining of human nature and the study of human behavior. . the-aberrate- THE RISE OF "THIRD FORCE PSYCHOLOGY" there was a wide variety of experiments designed to break through the impasse left by Freud and Watson. One of the five psychologists to insist that there was a lot moie to a human being than instinct and environmental influence was Dr. Abraham Maslow. chairman of the Department of Psychology at Brandeis University and President of the American Psychological Association. To begin with. Dr. .Maslow insisted that experimental psychology should abandon its with white rats awl insane people. He insisted that the secret of mental health would be found in men-tall- v health)' people. Why not study them? By 1950 pre-occupati- on Continued From Page 8 Terrace on the same day, and for basically the same reasons (i.e., it had been alleged that someone Maslow wrote: If one is preoccupied with the insane, the neurotic, the psychopath, the criminal, the ones hopes for the delinquent, the feeble-mindehuman species become perforce more and more modmore and est, more and more realistic f more scaled down, one expects less and less of people. . . . Tt becomes more and more clear that the study of the crippled, stunted, immature, and unhealthy specimens can yield only a cripple psychology and a cripple philosophy. (Ibid. p. 14) Maslow began selecting for study those people whom he considered mature, fully ded, so-calle- well-adjuste- else was violating federal firearms regulations). The results of that venture were summarized in the Washington Star on June d, eighth: Earlier last night agents raided another aftarlment in the building, A copy of the search warrant they left behind said No d, veloped personalities. He called them This study led him to a variety of conclusions. He discovered that in healthy, mature people the elements of instinct and environment are not nearly as influential as Freud and Matson had assumed. They are factors in behavior patterns but only factors. He found that in people, their behavior is influenced largely by their beliefs, commitments, hopes, desires and moral values. In fact, he noted that most of the time the instincts and environmental influences of such people are overruled or subordinated by their will or independent determination. Dr. Maslow therefore decided to develop a system of psychology based on these observations. Since Freud had emphasized inherited instinct and Watson had based his system on environment, Maslow decided to call his svstem the Third Force or the development of mans independent will. self-actualiz- self-actualiz- ed items seized . Living in that apartment are Mrs. Josephine li. Murphy , her daughter , Miriam, Miriam said she was and a baby. alone at home when the agents began knocking on the door and shouting. She said she uvsn't sure what they were saying. Note that Mrs. Ballew, also, claimed to be unable to hear what was being said because of 10-year-- ed the ruckus created by agent banging on her door. She said her mother had told her never to open the door when alone unless she knew the person or unless it was the police. After a bit , Miriam said, it sounded OF "MORALITY' AS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF PSYCHOLOGY THE REVIVAL Dr. Maslowss experiments, and observations led him to become highly critical of the attitudes expressed by Freud and Watson toward morals. And Maslows criticisms could not be readily ignored. He had been trained by the foremost advocates of both the Freudian and Behaviorist schools and had once been a believer. Now he had become a disbeliever with stacks of evidence to support his new position. Maslow wrote: The state of being without a sys- - like they were saying police , and she finally opened the door. The report goes on to say that had the girl sit on the the couch while a search was made, and that later a federal spokesman acknowledged the raid there, but said it was based ain-nl- i s Continued On Page 10 Continued On Page 10 IHIeire's Youir Cheursxce To Page 9 Meake fvl imey! DEVC os looking foe people o wiffh IDEA! Clip and mail or call DEVCOS services can help turn your idea into a profitable product. DEVCO can develop your idea into an attractive, useful product, and present it to manufacturers for manufacturing and marketing, with a profit for all. Please send me free information Name Address DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND DISTRIBUTING COMPANY OF AMERICA 1935 South Main Street, whirl year Miss m ta ifcrht Suite 407 Surety Financial Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 L Telephone (801) 466-86- 68 . j |