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Psychology A Framework for Everyday Thinking

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ISBN-10: 0205650481

ISBN-13: 9780205650484

Edition: 2010

Authors: Scott O. Lilienfeld, Laura L. Namy, Nancy J. Woolf, Steven J. Lynn

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Guiding students from understanding to application,Psychology: A Frameworkprovides an accessible and personalized framework upon which they can build their knowledge and use of the science of psychology. This brief edition text teaches students how to critically evaluate psychological claims that they experience in everyday life through the use of the six flags of scientific thinking. Students are then given the opportunity to apply their critical thinking skills to a variety of real world situations with the ldquo;What Do YOU Think?,rdquo; ldquo;MythConceptions,rdquo; and ldquo;Factoidsrdquo; and ldquo;Fictoidsrdquo; features. Students have ample opportunity to assess their knowledge of…    
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List price: $193.32
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/21/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 8.75" wide x 10.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.080
Language: English

SCOTT O. LILIENFELD received his B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University in 1982 and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1990. He completed his clinical internship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1986 to 1987. He was Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at SUNY Albany from 1990 to 1994 and now is Professor of Psychology at Emory University. He is a Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science and was the recipient of the 1998 David Shakow Award from Division 12 (Clinical Psychology) of the American Psychological Association for Early Career Contributions to Clinical Psychology. Dr.…    

SCOTT O. LILIENFELDreceived his B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University in 1982 and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1990. He completed his clinical internship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1986 to 1987. He was Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at SUNY Albany from 1990 to 1994 and now is Professor of Psychology at Emory University. He is a Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science and was the recipient of the 1998 David Shakow Award from Division 12 (Clinical Psychology) of the American Psychological Association for Early Career Contributions to Clinical Psychology. Dr.…    

Psychology: A Framework provides an accessible and personalized framework that students need to go from understanding to the application of the science of Psychology
This framework includes:The Six Flags of Scientific Thinking
Extraordinary Claims tells us that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
For Example: The claim that a monster, like Bigfoot, has been living in the American Northwest for decades without being discovered by researchers requires more rigorous evidence
Falsifiability
For a claim to be meaningful, it must in principle be falsifiable , that is, capable of being disproven
For Example: The claim that "all human beings have invisible souls" isn't necessarily wrong but it is unfalsifiable because no evidence could conceivably disprove it
Occam's Razor (Also called the "principle of parsimony")
If two explanations for a phenomenon are equally good, we should generally select the simpler one
For Example: If a person with poor vision spots a flying saucer during a Frisbee tournament on a foggy day, it's more likely that his UFO report is due to a simpler explanation--mistaking a frisbee for a UFO
Replicability
When evaluating a psychological claim, ask yourself whether the findings that support this claim have been replicated by independent investigators
For Example: If a researcher finds that people who practice meditation score 50 points higher on an IQ test than people who don't, but no one else can duplicate the finding, we should be skeptical of it
Ruling Out Rival Hypotheses
Whenever you evaluate a psychological claim, ask yourself whether alternative explanations for this claim have been excluded, or whether the claim could be explained in other ways
For Example: If an investigator finds that depressed people who receive a new medication improve more than equally depressed people who receive nothing, this difference may be due to the people who received the medication expected to improve
Correlation vs. Causation
A correlation between two things doesn't prove a causal connection between them
For Example: The finding that people eat more ice cream on days when many crimes are committed doesn't mean eating ice cream causes crime
What Do YOU Think? These boxed features, which appear in every section of the chapter, ask students to imagine themselves in a variety of real-world roles and scenarios and then use their critical thinking skills to form opinions, offer advice, or make policy decisions
By applying these skills to a diverse array of situations, students will see the importance of critical thinking in all aspects of life
MythConceptions BoxesEach chapter contains one "MythConceptions" box focusing in-depth on a widespread psychology misconception
In this way, students will come to recognize that their commonsense intuitions about the psychological world are not always correct, and that scientific methods are needed to separate accurate from inaccurate claims
Factoids and Fictoids"Factoids" present interesting and surprising facts, while "Fictoids" present widely held beliefs that are false or unsupported
In both cases, students will find their conceptions and misconceptions of psychology challenged and their perspectives of psychology broadened
These features also underscore a crucial point: Psychology can be fun!Your Complete Review SystemThis review system appears at the end of each chapter and provides students with a quick, effective, and intuitively organized, interactive visual review of the chapter
Organized by major sections and tied to the numbered learning objectives, each review includes a summary, quiz questions, visual activities, and 1-3 MyPsychLab questions related to online activities (vi