How to Think Straight About Ps
Teaching students to become better consumers of psychological research. Keith Stanovich's widely used and highly acclaimed book presents a short introduction to the critical thinking skills that will help students to better understand the subject matter of psychology. How to Think Straight about Psychology, 10e helps students recognize pseudoscience and be able to distinguish i...
Teaching students to become better consumers of psychological research. Keith Stanovich's widely used and highly acclaimed book presents a short introduction to the critical thinking skills that will help students to better understand the subject matter of psychology. How to Think Straight about Psychology, 10e helps students recognize pseudoscience and be able to distinguish it from true psychological research, aiding students to become more discriminating consumers of psychological information. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to: * Evaluate psychological claims they encounter in the general media. * Distinguish between pseudoscience and true psychological research. * Apply psychological knowledge to better understand events in the world around them.
基思·斯坦诺维奇(Keith E.Stanovich),目前担任加拿大多伦多大学人类发展与应用心理学的国家首席教授,研究领域是推理和阅读的心理学机制。于2010年获得格威尔美尔教育奖(Grawemeyer Award in Education)。至今已发表200多篇科学论文。在一项对于论文引用率的调查中,斯坦诺维奇位列引用率最高的50位发展心理学家之一,也是25位最高产的教育心理学家之一。他所撰写的《对“伪心理学”说不》(How to Think Straight about Psychology)一书被全球300多所心理学高等教育机构采用。