Psyc 104 - Activity 1 Report PDF

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Scientific Thinking

For this activity, you will need to go online and search for examples of pseudoscience. Your goal is to find 5 websites that promote pseudoscience and to identify why you believe the claims on the website are pseudoscientific. Refer to Table 1.2 (from Revel) below for more warning signs of pseudoscience.

Example: Astrology.com / Astrology, Horoscopes, Tarot Cards, Psychic Website/Type(s) of pseudoscience: ______________________________________________________________ Readings Psychobabble (e.g, “manage the erratic energy of the Aquarius full moon Warning signs: _______________________________________________________________________________ with this chakra clearing) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Lack of Peer Review – There are no examples of peer reviewed research to support the claims on this site

Website/Type(s) of pseudoscience: https://www.scienceofpeople.com/body-language/ The assumption that, depending on their body positioning, two individuals transmit signals to each other Warning signs: absence of connectivity to other research- just the authors claims

Website/Type(s) of pseudoscience: https://www.scientology.org/faq/background-and-basic-principles/what-isdianetics.html - Created by L. Ron Hubbard, by working with the relationship between mind and body, a method thought to heal all psychiatric illnesses Warning signs: Psychobabble- in its brief description it goes into the Greek means of words to sound more creditable Lack of Peer Review – There are no examples of peer reviewed research to support the claims on this site

Website/Type(s) of pseudoscience: https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-feng-shui-1275060 - Adjusting spatial orientation with respect to the energy flow in a room Warning signs: Lack of Peer Review – There are no examples of peer reviewed research to support the claims on this site

Website/Type(s) of pseudoscience: https://science.howstuffworks.com/handwriting-analysis.htm#pt2 - A conviction that the personality of an individual can be seen in their handwriting Warning signs: Psychobabble- the use of words like graphology are used to precise the notion that this claim is fact Absence of connective research as well

Website/Type(s) of pseudoscience: https://www.gaia.com/article/hollow-earth-theory-is-the-subterranean-civilizationof-agartha-real - A perception that, at least somewhat, the World is empty and it is growing Warning signs: overreliance on anecdotes- with Admiral Byrd and the Hollow Earth Expedition his claims are widely agreed to be true for the people that believe thus theory Also exaggerated claims...