Critical Thinking in Psychology

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511804632

Good scientific research depends on critical thinking at least as much as factual knowledge; psychology is no exception to this rule. And yet, despite the importance of critical thinking, psychology students are rarely taught how to think critically about the theories, methods, and concepts they must use. This book shows students and researchers how to think critically about key topics such as experimental research, statistical inference, case studies, logical fallacies, and ethical judgments.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Illustrations and Tables
pp vii-viii

List of Contributors
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xii

1 - The Nature and Nurture of Critical Thinking
pp 1-14

2 - Evaluating Experimental Research
pp 15-36

3 - Critical Thinking in Quasi-Experimentation
pp 37-53

4 - Evaluating Surveys and Questionnaires
pp 54-74

5 - Critical Thinking in Designing and Analyzing Research
pp 75-89

6 - The Case Study Perspective on Psychological Research
pp 90-109

7 - Informal Logical Fallacies
pp 110-130

8 - Designing Studies to Avoid Confounds
pp 131-142

9 - Evaluating Theories
pp 143-159

10 - Not All Experiments Are Created Equal
pp 160-176

11 - Making Claims in Papers and Talks
pp 177-195

12 - Critical Thinking in Clinical Inference
pp 196-215

13 - Evaluating Parapsychological Claims
pp 216-231

14 - Why Would Anyone Do or Believe Such a Thing?
pp 232-250

15 - The Belief Machine
pp 251-270

16 - Critical Thinking and Ethics in Psychology
pp 271-288

17 - Critical Thinking in Psychology
pp 289-296

Author Index
pp 297-304

Subject Index
pp 305-340

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