Gerald Peterson wrote:
> The article does not reference psychology and I don't think any surveys have 
> indicated THAT kind of confusion today even if there might have been one 
> historically. 

Really? Have you never been asked at a party, after having been 
introduced as "a psychologist," whether you can read minds?

>     I wonder if the confusions of psychology with clinical work, in addition 
> to forms of superstitious quackery, may be partly related to the ways 
> psychological researchers shun the name psychology itself and refer to 
> themselves as "cognitive scientists," "neuroscientists," etc.?   Gary
>
>   
Absolutely. I have done it myself for that very reason.

Regards,
Chris
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