Critical Thinking in PsychologyRobert J. Sternberg, Henry L. Roediger, Diane F. Halpern Good scientific research depends on critical thinking at least as much as factual knowledge; psychology is no exception to this rule. And yet, despite the importance of critical thinking, psychology students are rarely taught how to think critically about the theories, methods, and concepts they must use. This book shows students and researchers how to think critically about key topics such as experimental research, statistical inference, case studies, logical fallacies, and ethical judgments. |
Contents
The Nature and Nurture of Critical Thinking | 1 |
Critical Issues | 15 |
Critical Thinking in QuasiExperimentation | 37 |
Evaluating Surveys and Questionnaires | 54 |
Critical Thinking in Designing and Analyzing Research | 75 |
The Case Study Perspective on Psychological Research | 90 |
Informal Logical Fallacies | 110 |
Designing Studies to Avoid Confounds | 131 |
Making Claims in Papers and Talks | 177 |
Critical Thinking in Clinical Inference | 196 |
Evaluating Parapsychological Claims | 216 |
Why Would Anyone Do or Believe Such a Thing? A Social | 232 |
The Belief Machine | 251 |
Critical Thinking and Ethics in Psychology | 271 |
It Really Is Critical | 289 |
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