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Author:   Keith Stanovich
Publisher:   Pearson Education Limited
Imprint:   Pearson Education Limited
Edition:   9th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 27.20cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9781292023106

ISBN 10:   1292023104
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   06 August 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Psychology Is Alive and Well (and Doing Fine Among the Sciences) The Freud Problem The Diversity of Modern Psychology Implications of Diversity Unity in Science What, Then, Is Science? Systematic Empiricism Publicly Verifiable Knowledge: Replication and Peer Review Empirically Solvable Problems: Scientists' Search for Testable Theories Psychology and Folk Wisdom: The Problem with Common Sense Psychology as a Young Science Summary 2. Falsifiability: How to Foil Little Green Men in the Head Theories and the Falsifiability Criterion The Theory of Knocking Rhythms Freud and Falsifiability The Little Green Men Not All Confirmations Are Equal Falsifiability and Folk Wisdom The Freedom to Admit a Mistake Thoughts Are Cheap Errors in Science: Getting Closer to the Truth Summary 3. Operationism and Essentialism: But, Doctor, What Does It Really Mean? Why Scientists Are Not Essentialists Essentialists Like to Argue About the Meaning of Words Operationists Link Concepts to Observable Events Reliability and Validity Direct and Indirect Operational Definitions Scientific Concepts Evolve Operational Definitions in Psychology Operationism as a Humanizing Force Essentialist Questions and the Misunderstanding of Psychology Operationism and the Phrasing of Psychological Questions Summary 4. Testimonials and Case Study Evidence: Placebo Effects and the Amazing Randi The Place of the Case Study Why Testimonials Are Worthless: Placebo Effects The Vividness Problem The Overwhelming Impact of the Single Case The Amazing Randi: Fighting Fire with Fire Testimonials Open the Door to Pseudoscience Summary 5. Correlation and Causation: Birth Control by the Toaster Method The Third-Variable Problem: Goldberger and Pellagra Why Goldberger's Evidence Was Better The Directionality Problem Selection Bias Summary 6. Getting Things Under Control: The Case of Clever Hans Snow and Cholera Comparison, Control, and Manipulation Random Assignment in Conjunction with Manipulation Defines the True Experiment The Importance of Control Groups The Case of Clever Hans, the Wonder Horse Clever Hans in the 1990s Prying Variables Apart: Special Conditions Intuitive Physics Intuitive Psychology Summary 7. But It's Not Real Life! : The Artificiality Criticism and Psychology Why Natural Isn't Always Necessary The Random Sample Confusion The Random Assignment Versus Random Sample Distinction Theory-Driven Research Versus Direct Applications Applications of Psychological Theory The College Sophomore Problem The Real-Life and College Sophomore Problems in Perspective Summary 8. Avoiding the Einstein Syndrome: The Importance of Converging Evidence The Connectivity Principle A Consumer's Rule: Beware of Violations of Connectivity The Great-Leap Model Versus the Gradual-Synthesis Model Converging Evidence: Progress Despite Flaws Converging Evidence in Psychology Scientific Conse

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