A note on popular pseudo-psychological beliefs in 1923 and in 1946

Abstract

A group of 53 students were given the Paterson questionnaire on popular pseudopsychological beliefs, and a second group of 124 students answered a slightly different version of the questionnaire. Results were compared with those obtained by Paterson in 1923. Present-day students in psychology tend to favor hypnotism and psychotherapy more than those of 1923, and distrust mental telepathy, physiognomy, and chiropractic more than former students. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)