Challenging Your Preconceptions: Thinking Critically About Psychology - Softcover

Smith, Randolph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534267394 ISBN 13: 9780534267391

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

This supplement supports the development of critical thinking skills necessary to succeed in the introductory psychology course. In the first chapter, the author identifies seven characteristics of critical thinkers, and in the following chapters he dissects a challenging issue in the discipline and models critical thinking for the reader. Each chapter concludes with an analysis of the process, exercises, and extensive references.

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Review

1. Guidelines for Critical Thinking (Introduction). 2. Psychology and the Popular Press (How to Critically Read About Psychology). 3. Statistical Seduction (Statistics and Research). 4. Anatomy is Destiny--Or Is It? (Biological Bases of Behavior). 5. Is What You See What You Get? (Sensation and Perception). 6. Can Hypnosis Help Me Remember? (Altered States of Consciousness). 7. Conditioning and Advertising (Learning). 8. Biases in Memory (Memory). 9. IQ is Forever--Isn't It? (Testing). 10. Understanding Your Own Motives (Motivation). 11. Evaluating Codependency. 12. Is Bibliotheraphy Helpful? 13. Social Influence Tactics (Social Psychology).

Synopsis

Organized to fit with the traditional chapters of most introductory psychology texts, the book covers critical thinking within the context of research methods and statistics, biological bases of behaviour, sensation and perception, altered states of consciousness, learning, memory, testing, motivation, therapy, and abnormal and social psychology. This text follows the order of Weiten's "Psychology: Themes and Variations", 3rd edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534267394
• ISBN 13: 9780534267391
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 128