User:Jcbutler

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This user has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Social Psychology.

This user is a psychologist.

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My name is J. Corey Butler and I am Associate Professor of Psychology at Southwest Minnesota State University.[1] I obtained my Ph.D. in personality and social psychology at the University of Maine under Dr. Richard Ryckman. My professional interests include social psychology, trait theories of personality, right-wing authoritarianism, and social rejection. I also have a strong interest in history, and the history of psychology.

In general, I am a skeptic and an empiricist. Politically, I am an environmentally concerned libertarian. In my spare time I enjoy reading, puttering around with my aquariums, and playing a variety of different strategy games, such as chess, bridge, and German-style board games. I am "shotokanguy" at BoardGameGeek. Fellow Wikipedian Zaui is a good friend of mine.

[edit] On Wikipedia

I started editing Wikipedia in late 2006 after A. realizing that my students frequently used it as a source, and B. discovering how bad a source it was, at least in many areas of psychology. Rather than condemn Wikipedia as many of my colleagues have done, I decided to try to help improve it. I've made substantial edits in the area of Social psychology, particularly Social psychology (psychology) and Social rejection, as well as the Big Five personality traits. I've also contributed to such pages as Beauty, Toy soldier, and Southwest Minnesota State University, among other seemingly random topics, including various entries related to board gaming. Although it is quite brief, I am rather proud of starting the Edwin B. Twitmyer page.

[edit] Against anonymity

Although I find the open editing policy at Wikipedia intriguing, I strongly believe that editing priviledges should be restricted to users who have registered on the website. The small measure of accountability that this would provide is clearly worth the possibility that vital information might somehow be lost because an individual couldn't be bothered to register. The never ending glut of vandalism, spam, and erroneous information is discouraging, and absorbs valuable time that could be used to improve and expand the contents of Wikipedia. It is also a severe blow to the credibility and trustworthiness of the site, because you can never be confident that what you are reading is true. A certain amount of anonymity is important in society, as in the case of elections, or to protect people who hold controversial opinions. However, the utter anonymity and lack of accountability in users with nothing more than an IP address is the kind of situation that is mostly associated with deindividuation and antisocial behavior. Simply put, anonymous users do far more harm than good on Wikipedia.

[edit] Awards

		The Original Barnstar
		"This barnstar, the first on Wikipedia, is given to recognise particularly fine contributions to Wikipedia, to let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated." These words are so appropriate that they seem to have been written specifically to describe your editing. In well over a year as an editor on Wikipedia, I have never awarded a barnstar (I would not do so frivolously). I cannot think of anyone more deserving. Do c t orW 23:55, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

		The Army Men Barnstar
		This plastic barnstar (mass-produced in China and not to scale with any of its vehicles and accessories) is awarded to Jcbutler for his excellent improvements to the Army men article. Kafziel ^Talk 20:27, 1 February 2007 (UTC)