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How to Think Straight About Psychology
ISBN: 9780205485130
出版社: Allyn & Bacon
出版年: 2006-7-13
页数: 256
定价: GBP 25.99
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
Teaching students to become better consumers of psychologicalresearch. Keith Stanovich's widely used and highly acclaimed bookpresents a short introduction to the critical thinking skills thatwill help students to better understand the subject matter ofpsychology. How to Think Straight about Psychology, 10e helpsstudents recognize pseudoscience and be able to distinguish it fromtrue psychological research, aiding students to become morediscriminating consumers of psychological information. LearningGoals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to: *Evaluate psychological claims they encounter in the general media.* Distinguish between pseudoscience and true psychologicalresearch. * Apply psychological knowledge to better understandevents in the world around them.
作者简介
Keith E. Stanovich is currently Emeritus Professor of HumanDevelopment and Applied Psychology at the University of Toronto. Heis the author of over 175 scientific articles and seven books.Stanovich is the 2012 recipient of the E. L. Thorndike CareerAchievement Award from the American Psychological Association andthe recipient of the 2010 Grawemeyer Award in Education. In 2000 hereceived the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from theSociety for the Scientific Study of Reading. Stanovich is a Fellowof the American Psychological Association (Divisions 3, 7, 8, and15) and the Association for Psychological Science.
