How to think straight about psychology, Keith E. Stanovich
Type
Label
How to think straight about psychology, Keith E. Stanovich
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
How to think straight about psychology
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
801355419
Responsibility statement
Keith E. Stanovich
Summary
This title focuses on applying critical thinking techniques to standard concepts in psychology and teaches students to recognise and critically appraise pseudoscience
Table Of Contents
Preface -- Psychology is alive and well (and doing fine among the sciences) -- Falsifiability : how to foil little green men in the head -- Operationism and essentialism : but, doctor, what does it really mean? -- Testimonials and case study evidence : placebo effects and the amazing Randi -- Correlation and causation : birth control by the toaster method -- Getting things under control : the case of clever Hans -- "But it's not real life!" : the "artificiality" criticism and psychology -- Avoiding the Einstein syndrome : the importance of converging evidence -- The misguided search for the "magic bullet" : the issue of multiple causation -- The Achilles' heel of human cognition : probabilistic reasoning -- The role of chance in psychology -- The Rodney Dangerfield of the sciences -- References -- Name index -- Subject index
Classification
Creator
Subject
Content
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance2