Evaluating psychological information :
Bell, James.
Evaluating psychological information : sharpening your critical thinking skills / James Bell. - 4th ed. - Boston : Pearson Education, Inc., [2005] - 86 p. ; 28 cm.
This text provides readers with the intellectual tools necessary to evaluate psychological information and to separate research from opinion and reliable evidence from propaganda. Proposing a four-step procedure, the text focuses on helping students evaluate psychological research and evidence from various (and sometimes incomplete or misleading) secondary sources. Step 1 involves identifying the source; Step 2 teaches how to understand the source by analyzing the central idea (Ch. 3); Step 3 teaches how to identify the source; and Step 4 instructs how to evaluate evidence from psychological research (Ch. 4). Each chapter opens with critical thinking questions and includes examples, practice, and feedback�all essential parts of the learning process.
0205435114
Critical thinking--Problems, exercises, etc.
Reasoning (Psychology)
Thought and thinking--Problems, exercises, etc.
BF 441 / .B413 2005
Evaluating psychological information : sharpening your critical thinking skills / James Bell. - 4th ed. - Boston : Pearson Education, Inc., [2005] - 86 p. ; 28 cm.
This text provides readers with the intellectual tools necessary to evaluate psychological information and to separate research from opinion and reliable evidence from propaganda. Proposing a four-step procedure, the text focuses on helping students evaluate psychological research and evidence from various (and sometimes incomplete or misleading) secondary sources. Step 1 involves identifying the source; Step 2 teaches how to understand the source by analyzing the central idea (Ch. 3); Step 3 teaches how to identify the source; and Step 4 instructs how to evaluate evidence from psychological research (Ch. 4). Each chapter opens with critical thinking questions and includes examples, practice, and feedback�all essential parts of the learning process.
0205435114
Critical thinking--Problems, exercises, etc.
Reasoning (Psychology)
Thought and thinking--Problems, exercises, etc.
BF 441 / .B413 2005
