The Worth Expert Guide to Scientific Literacy: Thinking Like a Psychological Scientist

First Edition

Publication Date: November 03, 2016

Paperback ISBN: 9781319021429

Pages: 368

How scientific thinking can enhance your life

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...
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Brief Contents
Preface        
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 Believe
Chapter 8 Why Do They Do That?  Using Psychological Science to Understand
Social Behavior        
Chapter 9 The Good Life: Psychological Science and Everyday Living  
Chapter 10 Reflections on Thinking Like a Psychological Scientist