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Psychology in general is full of hucksterism. My sister got her bachelor's in Pyschology and she also found a whole ton of nonsense in it. She says that there's
by mlindner 5y ago
Psychology in general is full of hucksterism. My sister got her bachelor's in Pyschology and she also found a whole ton of nonsense in it. She says that there's been a split in psychology and the real science was getting done on the "Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience (BCN)" side of the split while the psychology side is getting further and further away from real science and more into the realm of the made-up.
- cwkoss 5y agoI did a psychology undergrad major in the late 00s. There was a shocking amount of bad science in the required courses. Lots of stuff that supported "common sense" but would be impossible to replicate, and the methodology didn't even align with the summary of why the study was important to learn about. Mountains of work built off imprecise self assessment tests. You can find a psych study to support just about any idea, and it seems like that's what many successful psychologists in academia have done. Big part of why I decided not to pursue it as a career.