I have her book [u:9eb8425e45][i:9eb8425e45]Cults In Our Midst[/i:9eb8425e45][/u:9eb8425e45], and have found that and her other writing informative and enlightening. All the other links to her work I have seen have put it in a very positive light.Quote
. . . Singer's credentials have been discredited by her own profession: The American Psychological Association found her work to lack scientific merit. Several courts have forbidden Singer to testify as an "expert witness" because, as one court stated, "her coercive persuasion theory did not represent a meaningful scientific concept." United States vs Steven Fishman. [20] (Margaret Singer passed away in 2003.)
[www.whyaretheydead.net] (url added to preserve the link in wikipedia)
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lightwolf
I saw this on wikipedia's entry for Landmark, and it is the first I heard of Dr. Singer's work being put this negatively:I have her book [u:af845d8b1e][i:af845d8b1e]Cults In Our Midst[/i:af845d8b1e][/u:af845d8b1e], and have found that and her other writing informative and enlightening. All the other links to her work I have seen have put it in a very positive light.Quote
. . . Singer's credentials have been discredited by her own profession: The American Psychological Association found her work to lack scientific merit. Several courts have forbidden Singer to testify as an "expert witness" because, as one court stated, "her coercive persuasion theory did not represent a meaningful scientific concept." United States vs Steven Fishman. [20] (Margaret Singer passed away in 2003.)
[www.whyaretheydead.net] (url added to preserve the link in wikipedia)
From what other posters here have said, wikipedia has it's problems, so I have my suspicions, but I would like to know if anyone knows more about this, given that Dr. Singer was a major detractor of the LGATs.
-lightwolf
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"Margaret Singer, Ph.D. - Dr. Margaret T. Singer in one of the most respected and influential psychologists in the United States. Dr. Singer has been a recipient of the Hofheimer Prize for research from the American Psychiatric Association; the Stanley R. Dean Award for Research in Schizophrenia from the American College of Psychiatrists; the McAlpine Award for Achievement in Research from the Mental Health Association of the United States; the Research Scientist Award from the National Institute of Mental Health; The American Family Therapy Association Award for Distinguished Achievement in Family Therapy Research Award; the Leo J. Ryan Memorial Award for Research on Cults from the Citizens Freedom Foundation; and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Award for Cumulative Contributions to Research in Family Therapy. Professor Singer also served as the President of the American Psychosomatic Society and served on President Gerald Ford’s Biomedical Research Panel. Professor Singer serves on the editorial board of many of the most prestigious journals in the field of family psychology and psychosomatic medicine. A long time member of the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, Prof. Singer has also served as a Faculty Member and/or Lecturer at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Washington School of Psychiatry, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, the Department of Psychology at The University of California at Los Angeles Psychology, the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco, and other institutions. Professor Singer is the author of over 100 professional publications."
Yes, when I saw Scientology, I concluded the same, plus my wariness of wikipedia. Even the url name "whyaretheydead" casts doubt on their objectivity. I was looking for info beyond what is on culteducation.com, such as that you provided, that shows that what this Scientologist is saying IS or IS NOT true (vs. just dismissing it as bias), or is still up for debate.Quote
midonov123
The critic of Dr. Singer on "whyaretheydead" is signed by Mark Pope Member, Church of Scientology !!! Is it biased???
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nutrino
The REAL question, they one they hope you won't be asking because you are tied up sweating cultness versus non-cultness, is ARE they practicing psychology without a license ?
Are the owners, trainers, teachers, gurus, "coaches" (dontcha just love that weasel word.???... "Heavens no ! I'm not a psychologist, I'm a COACH !",
ya, right.....and I'm Napoleon Bonepart) doing things to other people, people who are in highly suggestible states, in environments which are designed to induce highly suggestible states, using language patterns which are intended to induce highly suggestible states, which FUNCTIONALLY will impact their thoughts, emotions, attitudes, and perhaps core beliefs in ways, shapes, and forms ordinarily assumed to be the domain of Clinical Psychology ?