How to think straight about psychology
Stanovich, Keth E
How to think straight about psychology / Keth E. Stanovich - 7th ed. - India : Pearson Education, 2004 - xiv, 226 p.
Includes References and index
1. Psychology is alive and well (and doing fine among the science)
2. Falsifiability : how to foil little green men in the head
3. Operationism and essentialism : “But, Doctor, What does it really mean?”
4. Testimonials and case study evidence : placebo effects and the amazing randi
5. Correlation and causation : birth control by the toaster method
6. Getting things under control : the case of clever hans
7. “But it’s not real life!” :The “Artificially” criticism and psychology
8. Avoiding the Einstein syndrome : the importance of converging evidence
9. The misguided search for the “ magic bullet” : the issue of multiple causation
10. The achilles’ heel of human cognition : probabilistic reasoning
11. The role of chance in psychology
12. The Rodney Dangerfield of the sciences
8131711447 9788131711446 (hbk)
Psychology--Research--Methodology
150.72 / St259
How to think straight about psychology / Keth E. Stanovich - 7th ed. - India : Pearson Education, 2004 - xiv, 226 p.
Includes References and index
1. Psychology is alive and well (and doing fine among the science)
2. Falsifiability : how to foil little green men in the head
3. Operationism and essentialism : “But, Doctor, What does it really mean?”
4. Testimonials and case study evidence : placebo effects and the amazing randi
5. Correlation and causation : birth control by the toaster method
6. Getting things under control : the case of clever hans
7. “But it’s not real life!” :The “Artificially” criticism and psychology
8. Avoiding the Einstein syndrome : the importance of converging evidence
9. The misguided search for the “ magic bullet” : the issue of multiple causation
10. The achilles’ heel of human cognition : probabilistic reasoning
11. The role of chance in psychology
12. The Rodney Dangerfield of the sciences
8131711447 9788131711446 (hbk)
Psychology--Research--Methodology
150.72 / St259
