Overview Epistemology Review pseudoscience video Characteristics of science Characteristics of pseudoscience Epistemology Ways of Knowing Authority Logic Life experience Science Descriptive studies ID: 390310
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Science vs. PseudoscienceSlide2
Overview
Epistemology
Review pseudoscience video
Characteristics of science
Characteristics of pseudoscienceSlide3
Epistemology (Ways of Knowing)
Authority
Logic
Life experience
Science
Descriptive studies
Observational studies (correlational studies)
Experimental studies
Walter
Mischel’s
impactSlide4
Science vs. Pseudoscience
What is the difference?
What are some examples of pseudoscience in the video clip?
Were there any you disagreed with?
How could disagreements be resolved?Slide5
Characteristics of Science
Deterministic
Objective
Data-driven
RevisableSlide6
Pseudoscience
Literally “fake science”
Arguments appear scientific but lack convincing evidence
Grain of truth but exaggerated claims
Vague, often untestable
Uses reificationSlide7
Science vs. Pseudoscience
Critique of these terms
Diagnoses to Consider
Drapetomania
, chlorosis, halitosis
Multiple personality disorder
Dissociative identity d/o
Manic-depression Bipolar
Hyperactive
Child
Syndrome
Minimal
Brain Dysfunction
Hyperkinetic
Reaction of Childhood
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD
)
Treatments: Rebirthing therapy,
Critical Incident Stress
Debriefing (CISD), Eye
Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
(EMDR)Slide8
What have these been used to treat?
Starving, blistering, bleeding, ice baths, spinning, tranquilizing chair, drowning, morphine, opium, straightjackets, sterilization, castration, eugenics, beatings,
clitoridectomies
, teeth pulling, removal of various body parts, coma therapy, seizure-induction, spinal fractures, electroshock, lobotomy