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50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology : Shattering Widespread Misconceptions About Human Behavior by Scott O. Lilienfeld,Steven Jay Lynn,John Ruscio, et al.John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|Wiley||Wiley-BlackwellAdult NonfictionPsychologyLanguage(s): EnglishOn sale date: 21.01.2010Street date: 15.09.2011 is a reference work available to read on EtoBox.
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__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 exploreContains 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
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- Author
- Scott O. Lilienfeld,Steven Jay Lynn,John Ruscio, et al.John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|Wiley||Wiley-BlackwellAdult NonfictionPsychologyLanguage(s): EnglishOn sale date: 21.01.2010Street date: 15.09.2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons;Wiley;Wiley-Blackwell
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781405131117
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Psychology, Social_sciences
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (1,476 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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