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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 150.72 EAN: 9780205485130 Edition: 8 ISBN: 0205485138 Label: Allyn & Bacon Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: July 23, 2007 Publisher: Allyn & Bacon Studio: Allyn & Bacon Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: This popular book on applying critical thinking techniques to standard concepts in psychology and teaches how to recognize and critically appraise pseudoscience. In particular, this book provides tips on evaluating claims that arise in discussions of psychology in the media and self-help literature. By boldly examining common misconceptions in psychology, this book helps readers become more critical and discriminating consumers of psychological information. For anyone interested in psychology. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Good ReadHow to think straight about psychology is a great book about how to critical thinking in psychology. Excellent examples are provided for all concepts discussed. Great for the begining student. Rating:  - Methodologically Good but Imaginatively BankruptI'm not surprised this book has gotten good reviews. In terms of laying out the methodology of the discipline, and systematically defending some of the sophomoric objections people have to it, it's perfectly laudable. However, when the author goes on riffs against every strawman he can think of in the throes of a vague persecution complex, and regurgitates the party line of a Demon Haunted World, in which scientific empiricism is the only real savior, but does so without any of Sagan's inquisitive ... Read More Rating: - Must for psychology studentThis book was assigned by my professor in Research Method class and it is the first textbook that I actually enjoy reading! Accessible language, examples helpful in understanding complicated concepts- really great book! Rating:  - Gen. Psych. textbook = steak, This book = good brown gravy!Now this is a great book. It essentially addresses the ways psychologists (particularly those involved in research) think about what they do, and furthermore, debunks some of the criticisms and misconceptions from the public about what psychologists do (that's right - most of us no longer are interested in the pathology of potty-training!). Three particularly great parts are the one on falsifiability (crucial when evaluating the claims of self-help gurus, or advocates of unusual theories), the ... Read More Rating: - EXCELLENT - must read for anyone into psycholgyA very insightful introduction into scientific method as it used in Psycholgy. The text is well-written and full of references to research projects. The author incorporates real life situations as well as psychological research programs into the text. The way the author communicate is amazingly straightforward. Read it and you start to look at Psycholgy in a clearer way.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. 
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