pseudoscience

(noun)

Any belief purported to be scientific or supported by science that is not a product of scientific investigation.

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Examples of pseudoscience in the following topics:

  • Introduction to the Study of Biology

    • Pseudoscience is a belief presented as scientific although it is not a product of scientific investigation.
    • Pseudoscience is often known as fringe or alternative science.
    • Phrenology is a pseudoscience that attempted to determine brain function and personality by analyzing an individual's skull.
  • The Eugenics Movement

    • Eugenics was a prejudicial pseudoscience with roots in the late 19th and early 20th century that gained popularity and impacted American state and federal laws in the 1920s.
    • Eugenics was a popular pseudoscience in the early decades of the 20th century and was promoted through three International Eugenics Congresses between 1912 and 1932.
  • Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Therapy

    • Both psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies have been criticized for a lack of scientific rigor, sometimes even referred to as "pseudoscience."
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