“Brainwashing,” and Other Psychological Terms to Avoid
In a review published in Frontiers in Psychology, Emory University psychologist Scott O. Lilienfeld and his colleagues have compiled a helpful list of “inaccurate, misleading, misused, ambiguous, and logically confused words and phrases… ” to avoid, or avoid using incorrectly, with detailed explanations why. We provide corrective information for students, instructors, and researchers regarding these…