โ Scribed by Keith E. Stanovich
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Keith Stanovich'sย widely usedย and highly acclaimed book helps students become moreย discriminating consumers of psychological information, helping them recognize pseudoscience and be able to distinguish it from true psychological research.ย ย ย Stanovich helps instructors teach critical thinking skills within the rich context of psychology.ย It is the leading text of its kind.ย ย ย 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. ย That is one reason adopters have called it โan instructor's dream textโ and often comment โI wish I had written it. ย It tells my students just what I want them to hear about psychologyโ.
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It was a necessary book for the statistics class, I found the class very stressfull and that may explain why I'm not so warmed up to the book. I thought a lot of things could have been simplified and explained in 'plainer' English.
This widely used supplement focuses on applying critical thinking techniques to standard concepts in psychology and teaches students to recognize and critically appraise pseudoscience. In particular, this text provides tips on evaluating claims that arise in discussions of psychology in the media an
Teaching students to become better consumers of psychological research. Keith Stanovich's widely used and highly acclaimed book presents a short introduction to the critical thinking skills that will help students to better understand the subject matter of psychology. How to Think Straight abou
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Preface -- 1sychology 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 -- Correl
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 stud