Worth Expert Guide to Scientific Literacy: Thinking Like a Psychological Scientist
Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-319-02142-9 (ISBN)
Accessible and engaging, and based on fundamental psychological principles, this brief book helps students foster solid habits of scientific thought. The authors show readers how to apply an empirical, data driven attitude to their decision making. With this increased level of scientific literacy, students will be better able to make sense of complex scientific information they encounter. They will also be able to see through pseudoscientific claims that are not only invalid but potentially harmful.
Ken Keith is Professor Emeritus of Psychological Sciences at the University of San Diego, where he has taught courses in introductory psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and research methods. Bernard (Barney) Beins is Professor of Psychology at Ithaca College, where he has taught since 1986. His teaching focuses on the development of critical thinking skills in his students.
Chapter 1 Thinking Like Psychological Scientists.- Chapter 2 Scientific Literacy–Separating Sense From Nonsense.- Chapter 3 Let’s Be Reasonable: Evaluating Arguments and Evidence.- Chapter 4 Understanding the Numbers.- Chapter 5 Measurement: What the Numbers Do—And Don’t—Tell You.- Chapter 6 Things We Know that Ain’t So: Myth & Misconception in Psychological Science and Everyday Life.- Chapter 7 Integrity and Psychological Thought: Values and Why We Believe.- Chapter 8 Why Do They Do That? Using Psychological Science to Understand Social Behavior.- Chapter 9 The Good Life: Psychological Science and Everyday Living.- Chapter 10 Reflections on Thinking Like a Psychological Scientist.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.10.2016 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-319-02142-5 / 1319021425 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-319-02142-9 / 9781319021429 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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