Pseudoscience refers to activities or beliefs that are presented as scientific but lack the methodological rigor and reliability of science. It is non-science performed for non-scientific goals, such as promoting a particular ideology or selling products or services. Choices B and D refer to actual scientific approaches in psychology, while choice C is too broad and general to describe pseudoscience specifically.

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Pseudoscience Is

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Pseudoscience is

A) Non-science performed for non-scientific goals
B) A collection of approaches in psychology sharing the assumption that knowledge is context specific
C) The study of the natural world
D) The scientific study of all aspects of the mind, brain and behaviour

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