The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray

Re:The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray by layman51 on Monday January 27, 2025 @06:04PM (#42846836)

Can you elaborate more on this? I did not take psychology in high school, but I would imagine that such a course would focus on fundamental concepts where “replicating” wouldn’t even be an issue. There might be teachers who might bring up the pop-sci topics, but wouldn’t the meat of the class just be learning about theories or frameworks?

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Re:The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray by throwup238 on Monday January 27, 2025 @06:53PM (#42847267)

Not the OP and I didn’t take psych but here’s an example syllabus for AP Psychology from the College Board: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-psychology-s...

The first two units on neurology and cognition seem sensible, but I can see how it’ll quickly go off the rails after that.

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Re:The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray by disgruntledphd2 on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @01:57PM (#42856383)

This seems entirely fine, after a brief review of the contents. Where do you think it goes off the rails?

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