How To Think Straight About Psychology by Keith E. Stanovich
This accessible guide teaches readers how to apply scientific reasoning to psychological claims, examining how good research is conducted and how bad reasoning, faulty statistics, anecdote, and culture perpetuate myths. It walks through research designs, measurement, probability, and basic statistical concepts while emphasizing operational definitions, control of confounds, replication, and the difference between correlation and causation. The book arms students with critical-thinking tools to evaluate studies and popular psychology claims, distinguishing legitimate findings from pseudoscience and common reasoning errors.
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