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50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior
Author: Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio, Barry L. Beyerstein
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...  more »
  • 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
ISBN-13: 9781405131124
ISBN-10: 1405131128
Publication Date: 10/5/2009
Pages: 352
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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