01359cam a2200217 a 4500003000200000005001700002008000200019020003100021020002800052040000600080050001700086100002500103245004500128250001200173260003700185300002100222505078900243650004101032650003901073650002901112020231013190813.00  a9780205685905 (alk. paper)  a0205685900 (alk. paper)  c000aBF 76.5bSTA1 aStanovich, Keith E.,10aHow to think straight about psychology /  a9th ed.  aBoston :bAllyn & Bacon,cc2010.  axvi, 240 pages ;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. 0aPsychology  - Research - Methodology 0aMass media - Psychological aspects 0aMass media - Objectivity