"Furthermore, it seems likely that the promotion of change therapies reinforces stereotypes and contributes to a negative climate for lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons, " says the APA, the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States.

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Sociology was not yet a discipline, but before the century was out, mass idealisation of this sort would lend itself to the scientific study of charisma and group psychology.

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University of Virginia professor of psychology Jonathan Haidt is a pioneer in the scientific study of moral emotion and cognition.

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Both the Boston Globe and the Harvard Crimson have reported that Harvard professor of psychology Marc Hauser has decided to resign after an investigation concluded he was guilty of scientific misconduct in publishing questionable data in three papers he published in the major science journals.

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