量子理论对心理学学科目标的质疑与更新

The Challenge and Renewal of the Psychological Goals from the Perspective of Quantum Mechanics

从量子理论视域,重新审视心理学描述、解释、预测、控制四个学科目标。量子实验显示研究结果必受研究者“观察”的影响,精确客观的描述失去保障,任何描述实乃个体化的描述;量子世界中事物因果性的消失,使得自变量与因变量不再是简单的线性关系,追求因果关系的解释只不过是多种解释中的一种;不确定原理认为未来从本质上不可预测,某一研究结果的出现只是概率,因而预测只是对可能性的预测;在万物相联的量子世界,控制、调控一种心理或行为不再可能,通过人与人之间进行创造性的协商与合作,才能达到心理学造福世界的终极目标。

From the perspective of quantum theory,the study re-examined the four goals of psychology:description,interpretation,prediction and control.The quantum experiments showed that the results are bound to be influenced by researchers'"observation",and the precise description is no longer guaranteed in quantum mechanics,so description is individualized.The disappearance of causality of things in the quantum world makes the independent variable and dependent variable no longer a simple linear relationship,and thus the causal relationship between variables in psychological research is simply one of multiple explanations.The uncertainty principle holds that the future is inherently unpredictable,and the occurrence of a certain research result is only a probability,so the prediction is only a prediction of the possibility.In a connected world,to change/control one's behavior is impossible.Through the creative collaboration and cooperation between individuals,the ultimate goal of psychology to benefit the world can be achieved.