Title: 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology
Description: 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology uses popular myths as a vehicle for helping students and laypersons to distinguish science from pseudoscience.    Uses common myths as a vehicle for exploring how to distinguish factual from fictional claims in popular psychology  Explores topics that readers will relate to, but often misunderstand, such as "opposites attract,"  "people use only 10% of their brains," and handwriting reveals your personality  Provides a "mythbusting kit" for evaluating folk psychology claims in everyday life  Teaches essential critical thinking skills through detailed discussions of each myth  Includes over 200 additional psychological myths for readers to explore  Contains an Appendix of useful Web Sites for examining psychological myths  Features a postscript of remarkable psychological findings that sound like myths but that are true  Engaging and accessible writing style that appeals to students and lay readers alike
Subjects: Nonfiction, Psychology, Human behavior, Popular works, Volksopvattingen, Popularpsychologie, Psykologi, Mänskligt beteende, Misvattingen, Populärpsychologie, Psychologie, Populärvetenskap, Critical thinking, Popular psychology