A lot of psychology is charlatanry, chicanery. It would profit from more science and less "ism" and wishful thinking.

很多的心理学理论简直就是欺骗，因为我们更多的是从“科学”得到帮助，而不是各种“理论”和痴心妄想。

Bertha, exaggerating the seriousness of the affair, thought it charlatanry to undertake a post without knowledge and without capacity.

伯莎把事情估计得过于严重，以为无知无能地任职是蒙混欺骗。