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100 1 _aStanovich, Keith E.,
245 1 0 _aHow to think straight about psychology /
250 _a9th ed.
260 _aBoston :
_bAllyn & Bacon,
_cc2010.
300 _axvi, 240 pages ;
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.
650 0 _aPsychology - Research - Methodology
650 0 _aMass media - Psychological aspects
650 0 _aMass media - Objectivity
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