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100 1 _aStanovich, Keith E.,
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245 1 0 _aHow to think straight about psychology
_cKeith E. Stanovich.
250 _a7th ed.
260 _aNew Delhi : .,
_bPearson Education Inc
_cc2007.
300 _ap. cm.
505 0 _aPsychology 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.
600 _a.Psychology--Research--Methodology. 2.Mass media--Psychological aspects. 3.Mass media--Objectivity.
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650 0 _aPsychology
_xResearch
_xMethodology.
650 0 _aMass media
_xPsychological aspects.
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650 0 _aMass media
_xObjectivity.
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