AUDT: Some women are evil!
06-22-2009, 12:55 PM
#316
Well, I only have a measly Masters degree in Academic Research in Psychology, and I assisted with and then coordinated a Psychometrics research team for 6 years, but I'll respond all the same 
Matt is right-well, partly anyways. We can certainly examine human constructs and provide valid and reliable results from construct to construct (i.e. measure samples using standardized tools and attribute our findings to the general population), but evil is like love; not really something you can operationalize, which is why the construct of 'evil' isn't one that is examined in any modern (experimental) studies published in peer-reviewed journals (there's some descriptive research on the topic, but that's not what we're talking about here). There are also, as far as I know, no measurement tools looking specifically at 'evil'.
Its more like you'd study 'dishonesty', 'aggression', or other variables that people typically feel evil encompasses, and measure those; but first you'd have to operationalize evil, which is a lot easier said than done! Plus since like love, what encompasses evil is so subjective from person to person, so its pretty problematic to discuss actually examining it. After doing a brief lit review, the concept of evil has been discussed in social psychology, specifically by Phillip Zimbardo (made famous for his role as Principal Investigator of the Stanford Prison Experiment). Zimbardo's discussions of evil, however, are simply done in descriptive research. To my knowledge no experimental research has been done, and like I said, I don't think any measurement tool exists specifically measuring the concept of 'evil'. To even attempt to create a measurement tool you'd need to create sub-scales measuring variables like the ones I mentioned above.
In terms of my emphasis in psych and the research I've done, I've definitely studied male and female differences at length, among both adolescents and young adults (developmental psychopathology is my specific emphasis). Differences among the genders is actually a big part of my thesis, but not really in a way that pertains to this discussion...sooo, yeah. Okay, I'm done for now *sticks her nose back in a book*
Matt is right-well, partly anyways. We can certainly examine human constructs and provide valid and reliable results from construct to construct (i.e. measure samples using standardized tools and attribute our findings to the general population), but evil is like love; not really something you can operationalize, which is why the construct of 'evil' isn't one that is examined in any modern (experimental) studies published in peer-reviewed journals (there's some descriptive research on the topic, but that's not what we're talking about here). There are also, as far as I know, no measurement tools looking specifically at 'evil'.
Its more like you'd study 'dishonesty', 'aggression', or other variables that people typically feel evil encompasses, and measure those; but first you'd have to operationalize evil, which is a lot easier said than done! Plus since like love, what encompasses evil is so subjective from person to person, so its pretty problematic to discuss actually examining it. After doing a brief lit review, the concept of evil has been discussed in social psychology, specifically by Phillip Zimbardo (made famous for his role as Principal Investigator of the Stanford Prison Experiment). Zimbardo's discussions of evil, however, are simply done in descriptive research. To my knowledge no experimental research has been done, and like I said, I don't think any measurement tool exists specifically measuring the concept of 'evil'. To even attempt to create a measurement tool you'd need to create sub-scales measuring variables like the ones I mentioned above.
In terms of my emphasis in psych and the research I've done, I've definitely studied male and female differences at length, among both adolescents and young adults (developmental psychopathology is my specific emphasis). Differences among the genders is actually a big part of my thesis, but not really in a way that pertains to this discussion...sooo, yeah. Okay, I'm done for now *sticks her nose back in a book*
I guess the simplest question of all would be "how does one define evil?" since every person, given their past experiences, religious alignment and life struggles, is going to have a different definition. In a post-modern society the answer is going to vary from person to person and social group to social group, so to give someone, let alone the entire gender, the title of "evil" probably wouldnt be wise anyway. But I am going to stop there since my area of study wasn't psychology.... lol
Last edited by Electra; 06-22-2009 at 04:20 PM.
07-18-2009, 11:57 AM
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If you think the girl you have your eye on at a bar might be stuck up at first, use the method that worked for me on Thursday. Let someone else from your group (if you know them, they'll be less mad that you used their labor to get an in with the girl) break their spirit by beating them twice at beer pong, and then move in for the kill.
OR: Have a friend break her spirit by telling her she smells like bacon, then you come in and go "wow, that guy is a complete tool!" You can't let her know that it was planned and that you know your friend.
OR: Let the old rich guy at the bar buy her some drinks, then move in once she's liquored up and grossed out that some old guy is trying to get with her. As long as you yourself aren't a creepy old guy too, you'll look better by comparison.
DISCLAIMER: I have not tried ALL of these methods, only 2 of them
Last edited by VRT MBasile; 07-18-2009 at 12:05 PM.
09-01-2009, 04:52 PM
#325
