Word: psychologistic
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...idea was too wild -- even for the Wild West. A psychologist in Nevada's state prison system wanted to build a theme park that would represent an 1880s mining camp. As Bill Mace Knapp envisioned it, the place would be old-timey, with a general store, saloon, gold mine and . . . oh, yes, a brothel...
...successful school program: small classes (eight pupils to one teacher), fixed seat assignments and a rigid routine, and protection from loud noises and other disturbing stimulation. Activities are emphasized over paper-and-pencil exercises. "We'll read a story and bring it to life with hand puppets," explains school psychologist Valerie Wallace. Generous warmth and praise help youngsters achieve an emotional equilibrium. Of all Salvin's drug-exposed children, more than half have been able to transfer to regular school classes, with special tutoring and counseling...
Impatience with the niceties of civil liberties is also found among social- service experts. "Damn it, babies are dying out there!" says Dr. Michael Durfee, a child psychologist who tracks child-abuse cases for the Los Angeles County department of health. "You get someone with a terrible family history, stoned, no parenting skills -- and we keep giving back her babies because we don't want to look racist or sexist...
...that all perceived enemies are "fair game" and subject to being "tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed." Those who criticize the church - journalists, doctors, lawyers and even judges - often find themselves engulfed in litigation, stalked by private eyes, framed for fictional crimes, beaten up or threatened with death. Psychologist Margaret Singer, 69, an outspoken Scientology critic and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, now travels regularly under an assumed name to avoid harassment...
...Psychologist Sumru Erkut, another panelist, said that one of the chief examples of discrimination in the workplace is the consideration of physical characteristics in choosing workers for promotion...