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Description 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior By Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio, Barry L. Beyerstein Wiley-Blackwell | 2009 | ISBN: 1405131128, 140513111X | English | 352 pages | 1.45 MB 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 often misunderstand, such as 'opposites attract', 'people use only 10% of their brains', and 'handwriting reveals your personality' * 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   Related Torrents
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