Science and Pseudoscience in Psychology

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course emphasizes the use of critical thinking skills for distinguishing science from pseudoscience in psychology. Picking up where Introduction to Clinical Psychology ( PSY 30314 ) left off, this course takes up the torch of Popper, Meehl, and Lakatos to cover topics such as: (a) controversial therapeutic, assessment and diagnostic techniques, (b) weak theories , and (c) myths from "pop" psychology and every day life.