How to think straight about psychology
By: Keith E. Stanovich.
Edition: 9th ed.
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780205685905
Subjects: Psychology -- Research -- Methodology; Mass media -- Psychological aspects; Mass media -- Objectivity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Psychology is alive and well (and doing fine among the sciences); title: Falsifiability : how to foil little green men in the head; title: Operationism and essentialism : "But, doctor, what does it really mean?"; title: Testimonials and case study evidence : placebo effects and the Amazing Randi; title: Correlation and causation : birth control by the toaster method; title: Getting things under control : the case of Clever Hans; title: "But it's not real life!" : the "artificiality," criticism and psychology; title: Avoiding the Einstein syndrome : the importance of converging evidence; title: The misguided search for the "magic bullet" : the issue of multiple causation; title: The Achilles' heel of human cognition : probabilistic reasoning; title: The role of chance in psychology; title: The Rodney Dangerfield of the sciences.