Beyerstein, Barry L.
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology uses popular myths as a vehicle for helping students and laypersons to distinguish science from pseudoscience.
- Uses common myths as a vehicle for exploring how to distinguish factual from fictional claims in popular psychology
- Explores topics that readers will relate to, but often misunderstand, such as 'opposites attract', 'people use only 10% of their brains', and 'handwriting reveals your personality'
- Provides a 'mythbusting kit' for evaluating folk psychology claims in everyday life
- Teaches essential critical thinking skills through detailed discussions of each myth
- Includes over 200 additional psychological myths for readers to explore
Contains an Appendix of useful Web Sites for examining psychological myths - Features a postscript of remarkable psychological findings that sound like myths but that are true
- Engaging and accessible writing style that appeals to students and lay readers alike
Nyckelord: Introductions to Psychology, myths, psychology, pseudoscience, critical thinking, Pop psychology, psychobabble
- Författare
- Beyerstein, Barry L.
- Lilienfeld, Scott O.
- Lynn, Steven Jay
- Ruscio, John
- Utgivare
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Utgivningsår
- 2011
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Sidantal
- 352 sidor
- Kategori
- Psykologi
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781444360745
- Tryckt ISBN
- 9781405131124