In Recent Decades, the Public's Appetite for Quackery Covered by a Veneer

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Essay

In recent decades, the public's appetite for quackery covered by a veneer of psychological language has grown. Describe two examples of this "pop psychology" and then analyze the difference between psychology and pseudoscience.

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