Pseudoscience

A research study at FearNoMore clinic has discovered a new method of therapy called Psychoacoustic Desensitization Reprocessing, which is claimed to be just as effective as medicine to cure anxiety and other fearful thoughts associated with fear. One of the principles this research methodology falls into is Replicability, which states that findings must be capable of being replicated following the same research method. We can only be certain in a claim if it has been tested in numerous…

An often misleading psychological ideology that is centered around the system in which individuals acquire knowledge is the myth that individuals have an inclination to one of the three types of learning styles; kinesthetic, auditory, and visual, that facilitates the learning process. In all actuality, however; according to scientific studies there is no clear distinction between the amount of information retained and the “presumed” learning style of the individual. In fact, one must adapt to a…

a historic level. To compare these two, They both deal with harming innocent human beings and both had the idea of ethnic cleansing, but only ISIL fully developed it. To compare them, ISIL is a terrorist group while Eugenics was a study of pseudoscience. eugenics never purposefully killed anyone, but the idea was given to Hitler, who tried to annihilate the Jews and other racial groups. THE…

beginning of his research in the subject. What was defined as normal sexual behavior in the 1940s usually very modest behavior and was sometimes very taboo to talk about openly. From his observation, most sexual education was given in the form of pseudoscience, misinformation or even pure myth. Teachers typically discouraged any form of masturbation, pre-marital sex or any other sexual activity that wasn’t for purely procreation. Kinsey, being a biologist, viewed sexuality as part of nature…

If ever there were a theory of the human mind in the history of psychology that was antithetical to the idea of Occam’s Razor, it would be classical psychoanalysis. Classicial psychoanalysis refers to the psychological and therapeutic theories and techniques created by Viennese physician Sigmund Freud. The main tenet of psychoanalysis is that much of our behavior and thought stems from primitive unconscious forces that dwell within us. These forces lie outside our conscious awareness and control…

Throughout human history we have lived in what seems to be a never ending turmoil of ups and downs. Fear, happiness, life, death, war, peace, and so many other experiences we take for granted, and even those we wish to never experience at all. What seems to follow is a very specific self-centeredness from the majority of the population. A universal but ignored self-importance, an ego of sorts. Over the course of history we have gained a biased outlook on life, one formed through the ways we are…

Chapter One Did you know that more than 50% of transgender minors have admitted to attempting suicide? How about that 82% of transgender youth feel unsafe or scared at school ? These statistics are high, too high. Transgender is defined as being a person who identifies with a gender identity that differs from the one which corresponds to the person's sex at birth, according to the Merriam Webster dictionary. Cisgender is defined as a person who identifies with the gender identity they were given…

logical ones…the criterion is not based on verification and falsification” (Thagard, 223). The demarcation criteria of astrology have three key ideas: “theory, community, and historical context” (Thagard, 227). He believes that astrology is a pseudoscience because “astrology is dramatically unprogressive which has nothing to do with explanatory power, the precision of astrology of equinoxes are outstanding, there are alternative theories of personality and behavior available, and astrologers is…

The unfortunate secret to eating healthy, is that there isn’t truly a secret. There are plenty of health-related tips bolstered by the public, but what information is authentic and what is pseudoscience? As it turns out, a great deal of these “common sense” tactics to staying on top of your food game are commercial lies wrapped around a kernel of truth. In this article, I will attempt to separate some of the most prevalent myths from their factual roots, as well as bring to light lesser known,…

In the 1820s to the 1840s, the Second Great Awakening helped to inspire a reformist impulse across the nation. One of those movements centered on an effort to abolish slavery in the United States; of course, the desire to eliminate slavery did not go unchallenged. Pro-slavery figures such as George Fitzhugh, Dr. Samuel Cartwright, James Henry Hammond and many others all challenged the ideas of abolishing slavery through stereotypical speeches and even science. It was during this period that…