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Informationen zum Autor Kenneth Keith; Bernard Beins Klappentext Accessible and engaging, and based on fundamental psychological principles, this brief book helps students foster solid habits of scientific thought, learning to apply an empirical attitude and data-driven decision making in their lives. With this increased level of scientific literacy, students will be better able to make sense of complex scientific information they encounter. They will also be able to see through pseudoscientific claims that are not only invalid but potentially harmful. Zusammenfassung Accessible and engaging, and based on fundamental psychological principles, this brief book helps students foster solid habits of scientific thought. With this increased level of scientific literacy, students will be better able to make sense of complex scientific information they encounter. Inhaltsverzeichnis Brief ContentsPreface Chapter 1 Thinking Like Psychological Scientists Chapter 2 Scientific Literacy-Separating Sense From Nonsense Chapter 3 Let's Be Reasonable: Evaluating Arguments and Evidence Chapter 4 Understanding the Numbers Chapter 5 Measurement: What the Numbers Do-And Don't-Tell You Chapter 6 Things We Know that Ain't So: Myth & Misconception in Psychological Science and Everyday Life Chapter 7 Integrity and Psychological Thought: Values and Why We BelieveChapter 8 Why Do They Do That? Using Psychological Science to UnderstandSocial Behavior Chapter 9 The Good Life: Psychological Science and Everyday Living Chapter 10 Reflections on Thinking Like a Psychological Scientist