| @IronDragline: I'll start with reason there are a fair number of psychologists here--or rather, the breakdown of scientists entirely. The scientists I've chosen here are ones that people will recognize. Like it or not, psychology is pretty back-loaded field, meaning that many of the psychology notables were recently alive or are still alive today, and because they speak in English. Trust me: If I could, Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton would replace Alfred Adler and Erik Erikson, e.g. Sadly, I don't have the luxury of choosing pre-20th century scientists. As for not really considering them scientists, I figured that I'd eventually hear this, too. I imagine if I had created a "Doctor Voice Quiz" and had included chiropractors, that the same charge would be levied against me. I think describing psychologists as anything other than scientists severely undermines what they've worked to achieve. Simply because it isn't biology, chemistry or physics doesn't mean that it isn't a science, which reminds me: the "field" category just indicates one field as I say in the instructions. For example, I could have listed Jane Goodall as a "biologist" and suddenly you have two biologists. That having been said, I'm not hard-headed; as I say in my first comment, I'm very open to putting other people on this list. For instance, I was *this* close to putting Jonas Salk instead of Alfred Adler. If anyone's actually read this far in my comment and wants me to do so, drop me a comment in support of that below. Oh, and as for Jane Goodall, I'm not going to waste space here defending her. Go look up her credentials, awards or books. Anyway, thanks for the response and I hope this reply wasn't too brusque. |
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