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THAT THIS should be the case is not surprising. As the historian David M. Potter points out, unlike the biographer or the psychologist, the historian deals with people not as individuals but "in groups--in religious groups, in cultural groups, in ideological groups, in occupational groups, or in social groups." Theorists of social groups no doubt have useful insights for a historian...
...television interview, LaLonde questioned the professional credentials of Baltimore forensic psychologist Dr. Dennis Harrison, who backed up the sexual assault allegations this summer. "His credentials are dirt," said LaLonde...
Nonetheless, even the experts are reluctant to dismiss Hite out of hand. "It's very hard to get a representative group," says Quinley. "I wouldn't say it kills the whole thing." Berkeley Psychologist Bernard Apfelbaum, a Hite supporter, believes it is not important to get a completely representative sample when delving into the field of sex and love. By virtue of their willingness to participate in the survey, Hite's women may be unusual, he says, "but they are giving voice to a problem in ways other women cannot...
...sharing groups, ranging from weekly home gatherings of a few friends on Manhattan's Upper West Side to twice- monthly meetings of the Metro D.C. Dream Community, a 150-member network. Others are visiting dream consultants. At the San Francisco Dream Center, run by two duennas of the movement, Psychologist Gayle Delaney and Psychiatrist Loma Flowers, a private 50-minute session costs $90, and a 90-minute group meeting $35 to $50. Scores of devotees showed up in Arlington, Va., for the annual conference of the Association for the Study of Dreams. There they heard the latest scientific findings...
Freud called dream analysis the royal road to the unconscious. Psychologist Robert Van de Castle of Charlottesville, Va., agrees. But Freud, he contends, "gave us an unfortunate legacy, equating dreams with neuroses and revealing only the gutter side of our personalities." Dreamworkers are more positive. Explains Psychoanalyst Walter Bonime of New York City: "You can discover assets in dreams as well as pathology." Indeed, declares Psychologist Marcia Rose Emery of Grand Rapids: "If we honor our dreams, they can help and guide...