Jamie Knott
September 12, 2017
EC Assignment on Pseudoscience http://abcnews.go.com/US/gay-conversion-therapy-advocates-heartened-pence-republican-electoral/story?id=45940488 Conversion Therapy is a collection of different methods involving talk therapy and electroshock therapy in order to change a person who may be homosexual to fit the heterosexual standards whether they have a religious or cultural meaning. One of the main reasons it is supported is the high rate of suicide in the LGBTQ community in youths. Today, it is a very controversial subject as many people treat it like a mental disorder, with one of the supporters being Vice President, Mike Pence. Sometimes shock therapy sessions can last up to an hour every day of the week, being …show more content…
Conversion Therapy follows these five definitions to be declared as pseudoscience instead of experimental science. Throughout research, many articles fail to give a “mechanistic explanation” for why it is used. Many who support it don’t have actual reasoning to follow through, other than homosexuality doesn’t align with their beliefs. There is no actual correlation behind the different methods of therapy other than many homosexuals begin to feel hatred for themselves because of who they are. The hatred for themselves of what their beliefs are and the pressure to conform is what really changes them, not because of some shock to their head. Those who practice Conversion Therapy shut out any other theories and methods as well as other ideologies. Those who are supporters are very closed minded in their thinking and believe that heterosexuality should be the normal way of thinking throughout all of society. Each method requires many different hypotheses in order for it to be tested on a patient. Each method works differently and follows different protocols and each hypothesis varies from person to person so no method will work the same on everyone. Even though it is talked about more in society now than ever, there are no new theories and updated processes for Conversion Therapy. The practices involved are most likely using the exact same methods that were used 10+ years ago because they are so sure it is working
September 12, 2017
EC Assignment on Pseudoscience http://abcnews.go.com/US/gay-conversion-therapy-advocates-heartened-pence-republican-electoral/story?id=45940488 Conversion Therapy is a collection of different methods involving talk therapy and electroshock therapy in order to change a person who may be homosexual to fit the heterosexual standards whether they have a religious or cultural meaning. One of the main reasons it is supported is the high rate of suicide in the LGBTQ community in youths. Today, it is a very controversial subject as many people treat it like a mental disorder, with one of the supporters being Vice President, Mike Pence. Sometimes shock therapy sessions can last up to an hour every day of the week, being …show more content…
Conversion Therapy follows these five definitions to be declared as pseudoscience instead of experimental science. Throughout research, many articles fail to give a “mechanistic explanation” for why it is used. Many who support it don’t have actual reasoning to follow through, other than homosexuality doesn’t align with their beliefs. There is no actual correlation behind the different methods of therapy other than many homosexuals begin to feel hatred for themselves because of who they are. The hatred for themselves of what their beliefs are and the pressure to conform is what really changes them, not because of some shock to their head. Those who practice Conversion Therapy shut out any other theories and methods as well as other ideologies. Those who are supporters are very closed minded in their thinking and believe that heterosexuality should be the normal way of thinking throughout all of society. Each method requires many different hypotheses in order for it to be tested on a patient. Each method works differently and follows different protocols and each hypothesis varies from person to person so no method will work the same on everyone. Even though it is talked about more in society now than ever, there are no new theories and updated processes for Conversion Therapy. The practices involved are most likely using the exact same methods that were used 10+ years ago because they are so sure it is working