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Identifying "Good" and "Bad" Science How do you tell what's "good" psychology and what's "bad" psychology? The flaky new age psychotherapies from the scientifically based ones? The quacks from the legitimate scientists? What's a legitimate treatment and what's a scam? It isn't always easy to decide and even experts get fooled sometimes. If you want to know more about pseudoscience (bad science) and psychology, go to this site: | ||
| http://www.psychology.org/links/Resources/Pseudoscience/ | ||
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“Consumer Beware” The advice “consumer beware” can be applied to psychology just as it can to medicine and any institution in society that delivers consumer services and products. The Public Affairs Office of the APA provides information to the public to help people find valid “information on mental health and psychological issues that face us all.” Does psychotherapy help people with depression? How do we prevent child sexual abuse? What are recovered memories? What does violence on TV do to our children? What is panic disorder and how is it treated? For information about important topics when you are a “consumer” of psychology, go to this site: | ||
| http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/ | ||
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