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Antiscientific attitudes: What happens when scientists are unscientific?
Author(s) -
Beutler Larry E.,
Harwood T. Mark
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(200101)57:1<43::aid-jclp6>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - psychology , epistemology , psychoanalysis , psychotherapist , philosophy
Scientists sometimes engage in quite unscientific behavior in order to influence their peers or to obtain secondary gain. We explore some of the causes and consequences of these acts, using examples of different ways in which antiscientific attitudes are manifest among scientists. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 57: 43–51, 2001.