Psychology gone wrong : the dark sides of science and therapy /

Witkowski, Tomasz,

Psychology gone wrong : the dark sides of science and therapy / Tomasz Witkowski, Maciej Zatonski. - Boca Raton : BrownWalker Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover Page; Praise for Psychology Gone Wrong; About the Authors; Half Title; Full Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I -- Fraudsters in the Temple of Science: Some Sins of Academic Psychology; Chapter 1: In Search of the Super Human: Wanderings of Eugenics; Chapter 2: The Fraud as a Nobleman: From Lies to Academic Glory; Chapter 3: Epigones of Sir Cyril Burt: Other Scientific Fraudsters; Chapter 4: The Hidden Part of the Iceberg: The Problem of Raw Data and the Scope of Scientific Misconduct. Chapter 5: Lying is the First Step to the Gallows: Plagiarism and Other Misconduct in Scientific PublicationsChapter 6: Scientific Conspiracy? The Myth of Replication; Chapter 7: A Big Jar of Cookies: The Reasons for Current State of Academic Psychology; Part II -- Conquering Patientsâ#x80;#x99; Souls: Sins of Psychotherapists; Chapter 8: Psychoanalysis: Castle Built on Sand; Chapter 9: The Myth of Childhood: Foundation of Therapies Exploring the Past; Chapter 10: The Nightmare of Recovered Memories; Chapter 11: Of the Need for ... Prostitution: A Different Perspective on Psychotherapy. Chapter 12: Light at the End of the Tunnel: The Effectiveness of Psychotherapy TodayChapter 13: First, Do No Harm; Chapter 14: With What Can We Replace Psychotherapy?; Chapter 15: Ship of Fools: The Reasons for the Present State of Psychotherapy; Part III -- Beyond Control: Psychobusiness; Chapter 16: Fair of Illusions, Miracles and Hopes; Chapter 17: The Art of Hammering Nails or the Theory and Practice of Nlp in the Eyes of a Social Psychologist; Chapter 18: Hows and Whys of Inventing a New Therapy: A Psychological Sokal Hoax. Chapter 19: From Keeping Silent to Arrogant Hostility: Strategies Employed by Scientists with Regard to PseudoscienceTo be Continuedâ#x80;¦



9781627346405


Psychology--History.
Psychotherapy--History.
Pseudoscience.


Electronic Books.

BF81 / .P793 2015