This chapter explores the replication crisis in behavioral science and the prevalence of questionable research claims, with a focus on the speaker's personal experience encountering shoddy research. It also discusses the popular concept of power posing and its connection to lean in feminism, as well as the decline of science reporting standards.
Have you ever tried a self-help book? Did it… well, help?
On All in the Mind this week, why self-help sometimes falls short ... and the problem with pop psychology more generally.