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...
ISBN: 9781319021429
The Worth Expert Guide to Scientific Literacy: Thinking Like a Psychological Scientist
$48.95
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
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
