QUESTIONS: What Does It Take To Earn A Ph.D. In Psychology ?

Oct 10, 2018 | Yosemitest

[Yosemitest]

Since there is so much attention on Christine Blasey Ford's accusation against (now) Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh,
I'd like to know
just how much training and education on what specialties it takes to become a Doctor of Philosophy in educational psychology .
What does it take to earn a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology ?
What does it take to earn a Master’s Degree in Epidemiology ?
What does it take to earn a Degree in Experimental Psychology ?
Wouldn't a person be required to learn how to identify and counter a person's attempt to 'control and manipulate' the conversation ?
How many different types of mental disorders would a person be required to study , to earn those kind of degrees ?
Would a person who earned those degrees know how to manipulate their own voice characteristics to put a person with those types of mental disorders at ease ?
Just how 'naive' would a person be who earned all those different degrees, and worked over many years in those career fields ?
How many different people would a person who has earned all those degrees, have to observe, as an apprentice, before they could properly identify a person's psychological problems ?



Let's read part of Christine Blasey Ford's "Prepared Statement".

DR. CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD:
Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Feinstein, members of the committee.
My name is Christine Blasey Ford.
I am a professor of psychology at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine.



I was an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina and earned my degree in experimental psychology in 1988.
I received a master’s degree in 1991 in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University.
In 1996, I received a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Southern California.
I earned a master’s degree in epidemiology from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 2009.
....

I welcome any other questions that might shed some light on just how 'naive' Christine Blasey Ford really is.

[Fresh Wind]

You need to be able to Pile it higher and Deeper.

[wardaddy]

They hand them out at that fake program she attended ....for cash

Man that baby doll act killed it for me and her cutesy demeanor

She’s. A nut job

No woman talks like that except in a porn movie

“Of you’re so big Mr Man”

[blueplum]

here’s a link that describes the thesis process for a psych master. Like most theses, the topic has to be a ‘question not yet answered by science’. It can be completed as independent studies. Some are extensive (a book is written), some not so much. Some require oral challenge/defense. All require careful attention to detail and process. (So a claim that someone knew immediately how to contact one congresscritter but didn’t know at all how to contact another would likely be bogus since the process is similar)

http://www.shsu.edu/academics/psychology-and-philosophy/psychology/graduate-programs/masters-thesis-process.html

[gubamyster]

A whole lot of weed & probably some ‘shrooms.

[Yosemitest]

Can you take the questions below and give me some detail on what it takes to get to those degrees ?

Wouldn't a person be required to learn how to identify and counter a person's attempt to 'control and manipulate' the conversation ?

How many different types of mental disorders would a person be required to study , to earn those kind of degrees ?

Would a person who earned those degrees know how to manipulate their own voice characteristics to put a person with those types of mental disorders at ease ?

Just how 'naive' would a person be who earned all those different degrees, and worked over many years in those career fields ?

How many different people would a person who has earned all those degrees, have to observe, as an apprentice, before they could properly identify a person's psychological problems ?

Did you believe her ?

[Maudeen]

Let’s face it. . .there are those unsuited in ALL professions. However, while doing undergrad work many many years ago, I noticed that some seeking psychology degrees had problems of their own and decided to go ahead and major in it while trying to “find themselves”. Over the years I have personally witnessed a few guidance counselors in the schools ill-fitted for the position . . .as in lacking common sense. Note: I am not making a blanket statement about all in the profession!

[Jack Hammer]

Anyone who wants a Ph.D. does more or less the same things:

1. Lots of courses;

2. A comprehe3nsive examination;

3. A dissertation.

What is involved depends mostly on which university you’re attending.

[Yosemitest]

Can you give me some detail on these questions as to what it takes to get those degrees ?

Wouldn't a person be required to learn how to identify and counter a person's attempt to 'control and manipulate' the conversation ?

How many different types of mental disorders would a person be required to study , to earn those kind of degrees ?

Would a person who earned those degrees know how to manipulate their own voice characteristics to put a person with those types of mental disorders at ease ?

Just how 'naive' would a person be who earned all those different degrees, and worked over many years in those career fields ?

How many different people would a person who has earned all those degrees, have to observe, as an apprentice, before they could properly identify a person's psychological problems ?

Did you believe her ?

[Berlin_Freeper]

Doctor of Philosophy

[JockoManning]

a LOT. Particularly from a quality institution. The best require students to participate in years of group therapy and at least a year of personal individual therapy. That's on top of quality coursework and field placement practice under supervision.

There are less than quality institutions handing out degrees that are far from up to snuff that SOUND like quality degrees but are not. However, some lesser known schools can produce PhD's therapists that are better than Ivy League PhD's.

I don't know how to suggest the best way to find out is. There are school rating sites on the web. And student feedback can be worth considering. CAN be. Isn't always. Group think can be overly glowing or overly trashing.

There is also--or used to be--a PsyD degree which can also be high quality and have more of a focus on practical delivery of services to the consumer vs Ivy league research or teaching.

Buyer beware is a fitting practice in such matters, for sure. There's a lot of new-age related cr*p with some schools.

Buddy was not impressed with Dr Ford's degree or professionalism. Evidently the CIA was . . . or else thought she would be a great tool/shill.

[Nifster]

Each school has their own criteria

[octex]

I’ve observed the same. Those I’ve known who sought undergrad degrees in Psy often did so to try to find out about themselves; others sought that degree because it was one of the easiest degrees to get (like Poly-Sci). They all were liberals.

[norwaypinesavage]

"What Does It Take To Earn A Ph.D. In Psychology?"

A minimum of seven years, and rich parents. With sufficiently rich parents, little else is necessary.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

About as worthless as a Ph.D in Sociology.

[Pollard]

$$$$ and a good understanding of the Communist Manifesto?

[VietVet]

Your questions would only apply to persons seeking a degree in clinical psychology. My field was experimental social psychology, and my Grad school days were over 50 years ago, so I am not qualified to answer even for then.

And, No, I do not ‘believe her.’ Teasing games between boys and girls in high school and even college were common in my days of adolescence, in the 50’s and 60’s and early 70’s; and that is what her various accounts consistently describe, NOT the “sexual assault” or “attempted rape” she, and the politicized press tried to label the alleged behavior. Lord knows, such tickle and tussle play got out of hand all too often, yet the events testified to don’t seem to me match what usually went on when that happened. But my memories are from 50 years ago, and for all I know the ‘rules of the game’ had changed by 1980. Never-the-less, to ‘believe her’ is to believe that HER memory of an incident 36 years ago is correct, while the memories of the 4 other persons SHE identifies as witnesses are faulty. Preponderance of the evidence.

[1Old Pro]

$$$

[CodeToad]

Not long, actually.

About 12-17 courses, half being in how to research. Then the doctoral candidate goes off and writes a dissertation and works to get it published. It can be done in a few years, but often it takes 7 or so because there are so many students these days and, while the publisher count is now over 250, it still takes time to get published.

Colleges take advantage of this and demand students “stay enrolled”, so they teach at low wages while waiting publication. PhD’s are a scam. It’s an abusive racket.

The coursework isn’t that in-depth study people think it is. The topic of the dissertation can be, but doctoral studies are more wide than they are deep.

[Jack Hammer]

The answers to ALL those questions would vary from university to university, so nothing general can be said.

Moreover, once the Ph.D. is in hand, a great deal of work/study remains to be done in a clinical setting.

Believe who? I didn’t read the whole article.

[Yosemitest]

Thanks.