{"product_id":"how-to-think-straight-about-psychology-9781292023106","title":"How To Think Straight About Psychology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Psychology Is Alive and Well (and Doing Fine Among the Sciences)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Freud Problem\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Diversity of Modern Psychology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Implications of Diversity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnity in Science\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat, Then, Is Science?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSystematic Empiricism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Publicly Verifiable Knowledge: Replication and Peer Review\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Empirically Solvable Problems: Scientists’ Search for Testable Theories\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychology and Folk Wisdom: The Problem with “Common Sense”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychology as a Young Science\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Falsifiability: How to Foil Little Green Men in the Head\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheories and the Falsifiability Criterion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Theory of Knocking Rhythms\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Freud and Falsifiability\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Little Green Men\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Not All Confirmations Are Equal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Falsifiability and Folk Wisdom\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Freedom to Admit a Mistake\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Thoughts Are Cheap\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eErrors in Science: Getting Closer to the Truth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 3. Operationism and Essentialism: “But, Doctor, What Does It Really Mean?”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Scientists Are Not Essentialists\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Essentialists Like to Argue About the Meaning of Words\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Operationists Link Concepts to Observable Events\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Reliability and Validity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Direct and Indirect Operational Definitions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Scientific Concepts Evolve\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOperational Definitions in Psychology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Operationism as a Humanizing Force\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Essentialist Questions and the Misunderstanding of Psychology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Operationism and the Phrasing of Psychological Questions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Testimonials and Case Study Evidence: Placebo Effects and the Amazing Randi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Place of the Case Study\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Testimonials Are Worthless: Placebo Effects\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe “Vividness” Problem\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Overwhelming Impact of the Single Case\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Amazing Randi: Fighting Fire with Fire\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTestimonials Open the Door to Pseudoscience\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Correlation and Causation: Birth Control by the Toaster Method\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Third-Variable Problem: Goldberger and Pellagra\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Why Goldberger’s Evidence Was Better\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Directionality Problem\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelection Bias\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Getting Things Under Control: The Case of Clever Hans\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSnow and Cholera\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparison, Control, and Manipulation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Random Assignment in Conjunction with Manipulation Defines the True Experiment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Importance of Control Groups\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Case of Clever Hans, the Wonder Horse\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Clever Hans in the 1990s\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Prying Variables Apart: Special Conditions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Intuitive Physics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Intuitive Psychology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. “But It’s Not Real Life!”: The “Artificiality” Criticism and Psychology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Natural Isn’t Always Necessary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The “Random Sample” Confusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Random Assignment Versus Random Sample Distinction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Theory-Driven Research Versus Direct Applications\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplications of Psychological Theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The “College Sophomore” Problem\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Real-Life and College Sophomore Problems in Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Avoiding the Einstein Syndrome: The Importance of Converging Evidence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Connectivity Principle\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e A Consumer’s Rule: Beware of Violations of Connectivity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The “Great-Leap” Model Versus the Gradual-Synthesis Model\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConverging Evidence: Progress Despite Flaws\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Converging Evidence in Psychology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScientific Conse\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019577393495,"sku":"9781292023106","price":60.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781292023106.jpg?v=1750780684","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-to-think-straight-about-psychology-9781292023106","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}