Distinguishing science from pseudoscience in school psychology: Science and scientific thinking as safeguards against human error

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-36

  Lilienfeld, Scott O ^a   Ammirati, Rachel ^a   David, Michal ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Error; Heuristic; Pseudoscience; School psychology; Science

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SCHOOL; SCIENCE;

HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SCHOOLS; SCIENCE;

EID: 84857690885     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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