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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 153 EAN: 9781577663164 ISBN: 1577663160 Label: Waveland Pr Inc Manufacturer: Waveland Pr Inc Number Of Pages: 272 Publication Date: 2003-09 Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc Studio: Waveland Pr Inc Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: This innovative text is designed to improve thinking skills through the application of "Metathoughts" (literally, thoughts about thought). Metathoughts arise from critical analysis of the way we think. These specialized tools and techniques are useful for approaching all forms of inquiry, study, and problem solving. Levy applies Metathoughts to many large issues in contemporary social and clinical psychology: defining psychological phenomena, recognizing the strengths and weaknesses in various schools of psychological thought, evaluating the usefulness of psychological theories, and improving cognitive processes to explore new avenues of insight. For each Metathought, Levy offers practical examples, illustrations, anecdotes, clinical vignettes, and contemporary social problems and issues. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Reference bookI bought this book years ago and I have been using it since then as a reference. Rating: - Lives up to its advertising.Well written, with easy to understand examples of fallacious thought. The exercises are well thought out as well, helping the reader to really grok the subject. Rating:  - Simplistic workbook aimed at psychology undergradsI came across this book by accident and ordered it due to the strength of the online reviews. However, had I had a quick browse of it first I wouldn't have. I expected a serious attempt at systematically categorizing fallacies in thinking. What it actually is is a very rudimentary workbook for undergraduate psychology students that introduces some common failures in reasoning in a very simplistic way. For that purpose it may be fine. If you have already done much thinking or reading ... Read More Rating: - I use this to help teach software testers.I teach software testers how to explore and analyze products. I recommend this book to all my students. I found it entertaining and insightful. But, the main thing I like about the book is that it's set up so that every chapter is a standalone tool for analysis. You can read and use one chapter without having to read any of the others. I collect books on critical thinking, and this is the only one I feel I can recommend to casual students of the art. Rating: - I HAVE read this bookThe topic of critical thinking has always interested me, but I must confess that my curiosity in this particular book actually was piqued by its synopses and reviews (especially those below). So, in the philosophical tradition of skepticism (and as one who strives to be a good "critical thinker"), I decided to check it out for myself. To say that I was impressed would be a gross understatement. Levy's book surpassed my wildest expectations. I found myself concurring wholeheartedly with the comments ... Read More 
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