Importance of Science

Video: Misunderstanding Scientific Studies (with John Oliver)

01. Psychology as a Science: Thinking Like a Researcher, Communicating Psych Science, Research Methods, Writing for a Non-Psych Audience / , , , /

On this short (4:05) clip from Last Week Tonight, John Oliver outlines how to be a better consumer of scientific information (e.g., don’t give too much significance to individual studies) and how communication to the public can misinterpret findings altogether.

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The 5 Techniques of Science Denial

01. Psychology as a Science: Thinking Like a Researcher, Communicating Psych Science, Reading Research, Research Methods / , , , , /

In the article “A history of FLICC: the 5 techniques of science denial” places five strategies (Fake experts, Logical fallacies, Impossible expectations, Cherry picking, and Conspiracy theories.) into a the acronym FLICC. This article, elaborates on many other techniques within these broad 5 categories, including examples of each. The article includes links to a three

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