How to think straight about psychology / / Keith E. Stanovich

• Autore: Stanovich Keith E. <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2014]; ©2014
• Edizione: Ninth, Pearson new international edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 pages)
• Disciplina: 150.72
• Soggetto topico: Psychology - Research - Methodology
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1. Psychology is Alive and Well (and Doing Fine Among the Sciences) -- 2. Falsifiability: How to Foil Little Green Men in the Head -- 3. Operation and Essentialism: "But, Doctor, What Does It Really Mean? -- 4. Testimonials and Case Study Evidence: Placebo Effects and the Amazing Randi -- 5. Correlation and Causation: Birth Control by the Toaster Method -- 6. Getting Things Under Control: The Case of Clever Hans -- 7. "But It's Not Real Life!": The "Artificiality" Criticism and Psychology -- 8. Avoiding the Einstein Syndrome: The Importance of Converging Evidence -- 9. The Misguided Search for the "Magic Bullet": The Issue of Multiple Causation -- 10. The Role of Chance in Psychology -- 11. The Achilles' Heel of Human Cognition: Probabilistic Reasoning -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: For introductory psychology courses at two year or four year institutions. Also for specialty classes throughout the discipline that focus on critical thinking, science vs. pseudoscience, and discrimating valid research in the field. Keith Stanovich's widely used and highly acclaimed book helps students become more discriminating consumers of psychological information, helping them recognize pseudoscience and be able to distinguish it from true psychological research. Stanovich helps instructors teach critical thinking skills within the rich context of psychology. It is the leading text of its kind. How to Think Straight About Psychology says about the discipline of psychology what many instructors would like to say but haven't found a way to. That is one reason adopters have called it "an instructor's dream text" and often comment "I wish I had written it. It tells my students just what I want them to hear about psychology".
• Titolo autorizzato: How to think straight about psychology
• ISBN: 1-292-03628-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910153113203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Always learning.