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Connection (Synthesis) Table – Boyer, Scheuer/Ungar, Major
Project 2 – FYS 110 (Fall ‘20), Cripps
| Boyer | Scheuer/Ungar (yup. Revisit those dudes.) | __PSYC___ Major Req.s | |
| Career/Tech v. Liberal Learn | He talked about how there needs to be a balance between a career/tech major and Liberal learning. He thinks that it’s important to balance the course you are majoring in with a variety of others to pick up necessary skills that may not have been taught in one specific major. | Ungar and Scheurer both talked about the sciences v Liberal arts and though they may have a little different views they both describe the benefits of a liberal education and the possibilities that they can take you. They don’t knock careers and tech careers but they similarly acknowledge that there are benefits with these careers even if students focus too much on them. | A Psych major falls under the area of social science but involves many new science and technology conducting experiments over the years. It is the science of understanding human actions and emotions but has a good combination that keeps new young minds engaged. |
| History/Tradition | He reflected on history and showed us that there is an increase in technical and science careers and decrease in jobs requiring the liberal arts. This could be from a few things, one could be women are able to explore more career paths, or new advancements in technology has created different career options and criteria for jobs. | They talk about how in the past Liberal arts was more appreciated and that over the years the more advanced we got people shifted from social and personal careers to new kinds of careers. This could be due to differences in times and people exploring more options they have, but it’s clear that there has been way to big a shift and that there should be a balance when attending school. | Over the course of history there have been new studies and methods that have changed the way we view people’s emotions and actions. However some of these new methods include new technology in experiments that help determine the results of different actions. |
| Social/Economic Implications | In Boyers article they showed us a graph with career changes over the years that can kind of reflect on the economy. In the 60’s there were more careers in social jobs, education, and business all of which were social careers. As the years go on these careers aside from business have decreased and jobs that have affected and increased the economy (health professions & computer science careers). | Much of the shift from the liberal arts to these new careers is that they are financially stable if you can find a career in one. However many people don’t understand that if something were to happen they wouldn’t be equipped to deal with the change. They talk about how the liberal arts can teach skills to adapt with things in life and the value of personal skills. The new careers have major effects on the economy that’s why it draws many young students to these fields. | Socially a psych class offers a background in many careers that involves interpersonal skills and communication with people. Economically there should be more people pursuing a psychology career because there are more and more cases with young students and adults who suffer from depression and other mental illnesses and there aren’t as many psychologists to help. |
| Ethical/Moral Issues | This was tough because the ethical and moral issues were tough to find. In the past it wasn’t so hard they describe how men wouldn’t even acknowledge a woman’s career unless she had a business major. Now things are a little more complicated, students are looking for a stable career and look to have a job to support them. Although this is admirable it isn’t always what you should look for. He said that there is a difference between getting an education and work. And this is important. If you can learn about a wide variety of jobs the more suited for life you become but if you go to school for your job you are stuck in a fixed mindset. These are kind of moral and ethical issues because you can’t blame someone for wanting a stable life but it’s not going into life as prepared as you could be. | They talk about how there are stereotypes that people formed but that if you can look past you can see values in the liberal arts. It’s not that one is better than the other but that they can benefit each other when in school. They understand the shift but think that liberal arts offers much more | Some ethical and moral issues in psychology is that if information could be leaked from a therapist about a patient it could make issues worse for the patient and the therapist could lose their license. Moral issues are that they may have to hear and deal with disturbing things that they aren’t able to share causing internal problems for the therapist. They do a lot of good and can help people through tough times and if there were more they could solve more problems. |
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