Taking sides
Subtitle: Clashing views on psychological issues
By: selected, edited and with introductions by Brent Slife
Edition: 17th ed.
Series: Taking sides series; Contemporary learning series; Taking sides; McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780078050268
Subjects: Psychology; Psychiatry; Critical thinking; Psychotherapy; Mental health; Miscellanea
Other titles: Clashing views on psychological issues; Psychological issues
Description: Synopsis: Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Psychological of Issues, Fifteenth Edition, is a debate-style reader designed to introduce students to controversies on psychological issues. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading psychologists, educators, and researchers, reflect opposing positions and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework. For each issue, the editor provides a concise introduction and challenge questions. The introduction sets the stage or the debate as it is argued in the "yes" and "no" readings. The challenge questions provoke further examination of the issue. The editor also provides additional suggested readings on the controversial issue under discussion. By requiring students to analyze contradictory positions and reach considered judgments, Taking Sides actively develops students' critical thinking skills. It is this development of critical thinking skills that is the ultimate purpose of each of the volumes in the widely acclaimed. Taking Sides program.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Correlation guide; title: Introduction; title: Unit 1: Biological Issues:; title: Is addiction a brain disease?:; title: Yes: Science of addiction / National Institute on Drug Abuse; title: No: Singing the brain diseases blues / Sally Satel and Scott O Lilienfeld; title: Is homosexuality biologically based?:; title: Yes: Neurodevelopment of human sexual orientation / Qazi Rahman; title: No: Scientific research, homosexuality, and the church's moral debate: an update / Stanton L Jones and Alex W Kwee; title: Is evolution a good explanation for psychological concepts?:; title: Yes: Evolutionary psychology is not evil! / Glenn Geher; title: No: Evolutionary psychology isn't evil, it's just not any good / Edwin E Gantt and Brent S Melling; title: Unit 2: Research Issues:; title: Is American psychological research generalizable to other cultures?:; title: Yes: Theory, not cultural context, will advance American psychology / Gerald J Haeffel, Erik D Thiessen, Matthew W Campbell, Michael P Kaschak, and Nicole M McNeil; title: No: Neglected 95%, a challenge to psychology's philosophy of science / Jeffrey J Arnett; title: Are traditional empirical methods sufficient to provide evidence for psychological practice?:; title: Yes: Report of the 2005 presidential task force on evidence-based practice / APA Presidential Task Force On Evidence-Based Practice; title: No: Next step in the evidence-based practice movement / Brent D Slife and Dennis C Wendt; title: Does teaching scientific determinism lead to bad behavior?:; title: Yes: Value of believing in free will: encouraging a belief in the determinism increases cheating / Kathleen D Vohs and Jonathan W Schooler; title: No: Why willusionism leads to bad results: comments on Baumeister, Crescioni, and Alquist Neuroethics / Eddy Nahmias; title: Unit 3: Development Issues:; title: Are today's youth more self-centered than previous generations?:; title: Yes: Egos inflating over time: a cross-temporal meta-analysis of the narcissistic personality inventory / Jean M Twenge, Sara Konrath, Joshua D Foster, W Keith Campbell, and Brad J Bushman; title: No: Do today's young people really think they are so extraordinary? An examination of secular trends in narcissism and self-enhancement / Kali H Trzesniewki, M Brent Donnellan, and Richard W Robins; title: Do online friendships hurt adolescent development?; title: Yes: It's a boy thing: the role of the internet in young people's psychological wellbeing / Lauren Donchi and Susan Moore; title: No: Online communication and adolescent well-being: testing the stimulation versus the displacement hypothesis / Patti M Valkenburg, and Jochen Peter; title: Unit 4: Cognitive-Emotional Issues:; title: Can positive psychology make us happier?:; title: Yes: Promise of sustainable happiness / Julia K Boehm and Sonja Lyubomirsky; title: No: How much of our happiness is within our control? / Laurel C Newman and Randy J Larsen; title: Is emotional intelligence valid?:; title: Yes: Emotional intelligence: new ability or eclectic traits? / John D Mayer, Peter Salovey, and David R Caruso; title: No: Why emotional intelligence is an invalid concept / Edwin A Locke; title: Unit 5: Mental Health Issues:; title: Does an elective abortion lead to negative psychological effects?:; title: Yes: Induced abortion and anxiety, mood, and substance abuse disorders: isolating the effects of abortion in the national comorbidity survey / Priscilla K Coleman, Catherine T Coyle, Martha Shuping, and Vincent M Rue; title: No: Abortion and anxiety: what's the relationship / Julia Renee Steinberg and Nancy F Russo; title: Is attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) a real disorder?:; title: Yes: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder / National Institute of Mental Health; title: No: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: what it is and what it is not / Rogers H Wright; title: Does Facebook have generally positive psychological effects? :; title: Yes: Mirror, mirror on my Facebook wall: effects of exposure to Facebook on self-esteem / Amy L Gonzales and Jeffery T Hancock; title: No: Clinical report-the impact of social media on children, adolescents, and families / Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, Kathleen Clarke-Pearson, and Council on Communications and Media; title: Unit 6: Psychotherapy Issues:; title: Are all psychotherapies equally effective?:; title: Yes: Dodo manifesto / Benjamin Hansen; title: No: Dodo bird, treatment technique and disseminating empirically supported treatments/ Jedidiah Siev, Jonathan D Huppert, and Dianne L Chambless; title: Should therapists be eclectic?:; title: Yes: Theoretical pluralism and technical eclecticism / Jean A Carter; title: No: Toward conceptual clarity with psychotherapeutic theories / Don Mac Donald and Marcia Webb; title: Unit 7: Social Issues:; title: Should psychologists abstain from involvement in coercive interrogations?:; title: Yes: Psychologists and the use of torture in interrogations / Mark Costanza, Ellen Gerrity, and M Brinton Lykes; title: No: Psychologists and interrogations: what's torture got to do with it? / Kirk M Hubbard; title: Does the evidence support evolutionary accounts of female mating preferences?:; title: Yes: Evolutionary psychology: the new science of the mind / David M Buss; title: No: Adapting minds: evolutionary psychology and the persistent quest for human nature / David J Buller; title: Can sex be addictive?:; title: Yes: Understanding sexual addiction / Patrick Carnes; title: No: Sex addiction: recovering from a shady concept / Lawrence A Siegel and Richard M Siegel; title: Contributors.