Psychology Gone Wrong: The Dark Sides of Science and Therapy

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Psychology Gone Wrong< explores the dark sides of psychology, the science that penetrates almost every area of our lives. It must be read by everyone who has an interest in psychology, by all those who are studying or intend to study psychology, and by present and potential clients of psychotherapists. This book will tell you which parts of psychology are supported by scientific evidence, and which parts are simply castles built on sand. This is the first book which comprehensively covers all mistakes, frauds and abuses of academic psychology, psychotherapy, and psycho-business. 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 Publications Chapter 6: Scientific Conspiracy? The Myth of Replication Chapter 7: A Big Jar of Cookies: The Reasons for the Current State of Academic Psychology Part II: Conquering Patients’ 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 Today Chapter 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 Pseudoscience To be continued