Critical Thinking in Psychology

✍ Scribed by Robert J. Sternberg, Diane F. Halpern (editor)

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 402
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Good scientific research depends on critical thinking at least as much as factual knowledge; psychology is no exception to this rule. And yet, despite the importance of critical thinking, psychology students are rarely taught how to think critically about the theories, methods, and concepts they must use. This book shows students and researchers how to think critically about key topics such as experimental research, statistical inference, case studies, logical fallacies, and ethical judgments. Using updated research findings and new insights, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of what critical thinking is and how to teach it in psychology. Written by leading experts in critical thinking in psychology, each chapter contains useful pedagogical features, such as critical-thinking questions, brief summaries, and definitions of key terms. It also supplies descriptions of each chapter author's critical-thinking experience, which evidences how critical thinking has made a difference to facilitating career development.

✦ Table of Contents

Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Figures
Tables
Contributors
Preface
1 An Introduction to Critical Thinking
2 Nobelists Gone Wild
3 Why Science Succeeds, and Sometimes Doesn’t
4 Critical Thinking and the Rejection of Unsubstantiated Claims
5 Promoting Critical Thinking by Teaching, or Taking, Psychology Courses
6 Avoiding and Overcoming Misinformation on the Internet
7 Critical Thinking Impacts Our Everyday Lives
8 Research Suffers When We All Agree
9 When All Is Just a Click Away
10 Critical Thinking
11 Evaluating Experimental Research
12 Critical Thinking as Scientific Reasoning
13 Critical Thinking in STEM Disciplines
14 Why Would Anyone Do or Believe Such a Thing
15 Conclusion
Index