How to Think Straight about Psychology

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Stanovich Keith E

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TextPublication details: Pearson, 2007Edition: 8thDescription: 240ISBN:

205485138

Summary: Preface, Psychology 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, Correlation and Causation: Birth Control by the Toaster Method, Getting Things Under Control: The Case of Clever Hans, ''But It's Not Real Life!'': The ''Artificiality'' Criticism and Psychology, Avoiding the Einstein Syndrome: The Importance of Converging Evidence, The Misguided Search for the ''Magic Bullet'': The Issues of Multiple Causation, The Achilles' Heel of Human Conition: Probabilistic Reasoning, The Role of Chance in Psychology, The Rodney Dangerfield of the Sciences, References, Author and Subject Index.

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Preface, Psychology 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, Correlation and Causation: Birth Control by the Toaster Method, Getting Things Under Control: The Case of Clever Hans, ''But It's Not Real Life!'': The ''Artificiality'' Criticism and Psychology, Avoiding the Einstein Syndrome: The Importance of Converging Evidence, The Misguided Search for the ''Magic Bullet'': The Issues of Multiple Causation, The Achilles' Heel of Human Conition: Probabilistic Reasoning, The Role of Chance in Psychology, The Rodney Dangerfield of the Sciences, References, Author and Subject Index.

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How to Think Straight about Psychology