Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology
There are two ma in branches of psychology. In dividuals can either conduct research or apply it. The former, consists of sub-branches that explore a specific portion of behavior o r cognition. For example, bio-psychologists study the relationship between biology and behavior (i.e. how enzymes help modulate movement), cognitive psychologists explore how in formation is processed (i.e. how a cognitive bias can in fluence decision-mak in g). The latter is in charge of apply in g said in formation. For example, a cognitive psychologist might work on creat in g tests that cannot produce cognitive biases in an in dividual or a cl in ical psychologist can provide a type of thera py that has empirical support. Nevertheless, it seems that there is a disconnection between psychologists who conduct research and those who apply it. The purpose of this essay is to focus on this separation from a cl in ical pers...