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50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology uses popular myths as a vehicle for helping students and laypersons to distinguish science from pseudoscience.
  • Uses common myths as a vehicle for exploring how to distinguish factual from fictional claims in popular psychology
  • Explores topics that readers will relate to, but often misunderstand, such as 'opposites attract', 'people use only 10% of their brains', and 'handwriting reveals your personality'
  • Provides a 'mythbusting kit' for evaluating folk psychology claims in everyday life
  • Teaches essential critical thinking skills through detailed discussions of each myth
  • Includes over 200 additional psychological myths for readers to explore
    Contains an Appendix of useful Web Sites for examining psychological myths
  • Features a postscript of remarkable psychological findings that sound like myths but that are true
  • Engaging and accessible writing style that appeals to students and lay readers alike

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 04/09/2009
    ISBN13: 9781405131124, 978-1405131124
    ISBN10: 1405131128

    Number of Pages: 352

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

    Description

    50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology uses popular myths as a vehicle for helping students and laypersons to distinguish science from pseudoscience.
    • Uses common myths as a vehicle for exploring how to distinguish factual from fictional claims in popular psychology
    • Explores topics that readers will relate to, but often misunderstand, such as 'opposites attract', 'people use only 10% of their brains', and 'handwriting reveals your personality'
    • Provides a 'mythbusting kit' for evaluating folk psychology claims in everyday life
    • Teaches essential critical thinking skills through detailed discussions of each myth
    • Includes over 200 additional psychological myths for readers to explore
      Contains an Appendix of useful Web Sites for examining psychological myths
    • Features a postscript of remarkable psychological findings that sound like myths but that are true
    • Engaging and accessible writing style that appeals to students and lay readers alike

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