Publisher (Source)
Boston : Allyn & Bacon ; Montréal : Pearson, c2010
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Non spécifié
ISBN
9780205685905
How to think straight about psychology
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- Auteur: Stanovich, Keith E.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.
Original Publisher: Boston : Allyn & Bacon ; Montréal : Pearson, c2010Language(s): English