Posts by Kenneth Perez10

Global legislation is an absolute disgrace.

In some places, you can face life in prison just for tax evasion, yet I don't think I've ever heard of anyone receiving a similar sentence for pedophilia. It’s appalling.

In my view, these are sick individuals who should spend their entire lives in psychiatric institutions. There should be no mitigating circumstances, no "good behavior" credits, or any other such nonsense.

Excuse me? I might have missed something here 🤔
From what I've gathered, projective techniques have a pretty poor reputation. Even when they are actually used, they are never treated as the primary tool, but rather just as a way to supplement something else.

I suppose there might be some newer methods out there that I haven't heard of yet—ones that don't suffer from that massive lack of objectivity inherent to the old ones.
However, objectivity is one of the three fundamental criteria for the validity of any test or technique; meanwhile, projective techniques are essentially textbook examples of subjective diagnosis, among other flaws.

I am not entirely certain how the legal framework is structured here in the States, but I suspect that, ideally, only licensed psychologists or properly qualified professionals should be authorized to conduct psychological diagnostics. It seems inevitable that this would reduce the number of unqualified practitioners in the field.
It isn't merely about administering a test and totaling up a score; the clinical history is just as vital, as is providing correct instructions during testing, and—just as importantly—interpreting the results after the fact to determine the appropriate intervention!

Furthermore, a major flaw with many personality tests is how predictable they are for the individual taking them.
I mean, what would you even check if you were trying to avoid being disqualified from a job and encountered questions like, "I wake up in the morning feeling refreshed and in a good mood... yes/no"? It is fairly obvious which answer is the "correct" one to give.

There is research suggesting that even preschool teachers tend to treat children perceived as "attractive" with more favor.
This can eventually lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy; these individuals develop higher self-esteem, become more outgoing, and grow more social, which arguably makes them even more attractive in the long run.

In a study conducted by Cunningham (1986), men were presented with photos of women to evaluate not just their physical beauty, but also the extent to which they attributed specific personality traits to them.
It seems that more attractive people are credited with positive characteristics—such as intelligence, sociability, health, and confidence—as well as receiving greater levels of support from others, such as help or financial assistance (with correlations exceeding .80) compared to those deemed less attractive.