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1、新SAT写作最新真题题源第1篇：不要欺负软科学Stopbullyingthe'soft'sciencesThesocialsciencesarejustthat--sciences.July12,2012
2、ByTimothyD.WilsonTimothyD.WilsonisaprofessorofpsychologyattheUniversityofVirginiaandtheauthorof"Redirect:TheSurprisingNewScienceofPsychologicalChange."Once,duringameeti
3、ngatmyuniversity,abiologistmentionedthathewastheonlyfacultymemberpresentfromasciencedepartment.WhenIcorrectedhim,notingthatIwasfromtheDepartmentofPsychology,hewavedhishanddismissively,asifIwereaLittleLeaguertellingamemberoftheNewYorkYankeesthatItooplayedbaseball.Therehas
4、longbeensnobberyinthesciences,withthe"hard"ones(physics,chemistry,biology)consideringthemselvestobemorelegitimatethanthe"soft"ones(psychology,sociology).Itisthusnosurprisethatmanymembersofthegeneralpublicfeelthesameway.Butoflate,skepticismabouttherigorsofsocialsciencehas
5、reachedabsurdheights.TheU.S.HouseofRepresentativesrecentlyvotedtoeliminatefundingforpoliticalscienceresearchthroughtheNationalScienceFoundation.Inthewakeofthataction,anopinionwriterfortheWashingtonPostsuggestedthattheHousedidn'tgofarenough.TheNSFshouldnotfundanyresearchi
6、nthesocialsciences,wroteCharlesLane,because"unlikehypothesesinthehardsciences,hypothesesaboutsocietyusuallycan'tbeprovenordisprovenbyexperimentation."Thisisnewstomeandthemanyothersocialscientistswhohavespenttheircareersdoingcarefullycontrolledexperimentsonhumanbehavior,i
7、nsideandoutsidethelaboratory.Whatmakesthecriticismsogallingisthatthosewhovoiceit,ormembersoftheirfamilies,haveundoubtedlybenefitedfromresearchinthedisciplinestheydismiss.Mostofusknowsomeonewhohassufferedfromdepressionandsoughtpsychotherapy.Heorsheprobablybenefitedfromthe
8、rapiessuchascognitivebehavioraltherapythathavebeenshowntoworkinrandomizedclinicaltrials.Problemssuchaschildabuseandteenagepregnancytakeahugetollonsociety.Interventionsdevelopedbyresearchpsychologists,testedwiththeexperimentalmethod,havebeenfoundtolowertheincidenceofchild
9、abuseandreducetherateofteenagepregnancies.Everhearofstereotypethreat?Itisthedoublejeopardythatpeoplefac
