Episode 68 – Psychological Myths Relevant to School Psychology with Dr. Scott Lilienfeld

Episode 68

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http://psychology.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/lilienfeld-scott.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4522609/?platform=hootsuite

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-skeptical-psychologist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Lilienfeld

Dr. Lilienfeld argues that there is a large and growing difference between traditional psychology and “pop psychology”, and that personal experiences, intuition and common sense fuel pop psychology and are compelling and powerful, but are also “limiting when testing theories… about the brain”. He states that hundreds of self-help books are published every year because people want “quick, easy solutions” to their problems.

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