The text below is a response to the article by A.V.Yurevich «Popular psychology» (Voprosy psychologii. 2007. N 1. P.3-14). The author agrees with the statements on the main characteristics of pop-psychology and its role in modern culture. However, the author regards pop-psychology as a socially dangerous phenomenon and believes that scientific psychology must combat irrationality and gullibility being propagated by pop-psychology.

Translated title of the contributionPopular psychology, or On the usefulness of science
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)103-108
Number of pages7
JournalВОПРОСЫ ПСИХОЛОГИИ (VOPROSY PSIKHOLOGII)
Issue number2
StatePublished - 17 Jun 2008

    Scopus subject areas

  • Psychology(all)
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology

    Research areas

  • Academic psychology, Civilization, Culture, Pop-psychology, Practical psychology

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