How to think straight about psychology / Keith E. Stanovich.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston : Allyn & Bacon, c2010.Edition: 9th edDescription: xvi, 240 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780205685905 (alk. paper)
- 0205685900 (alk. paper)
- 150.72 23 STA
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Book | School of Medicine Library Open Access Section | 150.72 STA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 10554 |
Includes: Bibliographical references (207-230)
and indexes (231-240)
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 issue of multiple causation -- The Achilles' heel of human cognition : probabilistic reasoning -- The role of chance in psychology -- The Rodney Dangerfield of the sciences.
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