TY  - GEN
AU  - Stanovich,Keith E.
TI  - How to think straight about psychology
SN  - 0205685900
U1  - 150.72 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New Delhi : .
PB  - Pearson Education Inc
KW  - .Psychology--Research--Methodology. 2.Mass media--Psychological aspects. 3.Mass media--Objectivity.
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Objectivity
N1  - 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
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