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Allyn & Bacon
Language
English
Pages
240

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How to think straight about psychology
2010, Allyn & Bacon
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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Published in
Boston

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
150.72
Library of Congress
BF76.5 .S68 2010, BF76.5.S68 2010

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Pagination
xvi, 240 p. ;
Number of pages
240

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24115249M
Internet Archive
howtothinkstraig00stan_665
ISBN 10
0205685900
ISBN 13
9780205685905
LCCN
2009021876

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