PSYC 222 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Pseudoscience, Rodney Dangerfield, Therapeutic Community
2 May 2017
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Basic research = uncovering the fundamental principles of nature without necessarily worrying about whether they can be turned into recipe knowledge. Applied research = translating the basic principles into a product that requires only recipe knowledge. Inconsistency of a therapeutic community pointed out by krauthammer. Recipe knowledge = the knowledge of how to use something without the knowledge of the fundamental principles that govern its functioning. The 800-pound gorilla = reimbursement for services by government and private health insurers. The debriefing procedure = having the client talk about the event and ventilate their emotions, especially in the company of peers who have experiences the same incident. Purpose = to reduce the incidence of posttraumatic stress disorders. This procedure is not usually helpful (a majority of trauma survivors recover without professional help) The main difference between personal psychology and scientific psychology: the science of psychology seeks to validate its recipe knowledge empirically.
