Word: psychologist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some sports psychologist once spoke of a "two-hour period"--the first two hours the team gets on a bus. During that time, there's talk, chatter, jokes batted back and forth, insults hurled from player to player...
David C. Raskin, a psychologist at the University of Utah, said he has conducted several studies showing that, when properly administered, polygraph tests are accurate enough to be a helpful piece of evidence in the court system...
...ringmaster and resident child psychologist himself wouldn't have it any other...
...deal with such qualms, Israel has in recent weeks sent teams of psychologists into the occupied territories to counsel the troops. In a confidential report being prepared by the army, the psychologists warned of grave long-term trouble for the defense forces if the situation goes on. Says one psychologist: "I predict and I assume that if the phenomenon of soldiers using violence in the territories will go on for a long time, it will cause serious problems...
Eventually, the psychologists caution, the systematic use of violence could breed lack of discipline, poor motivation and ingrained brutality. Many warn that the soldiers will transfer some of their aggressive behavior in the occupied territories to civilian life back home. One senior psychologist says , he already sees symptoms of two contradictory reactions among the soldiers. At one extreme, he says, are those who are "psychically numb," insensitive and undiscriminating in the use of violence. They view beatings and bullets as the primary solutions to problems they face, and are willing to apply those remedies widely. At the other...