Evaluating psychological information : sharpening your critical thinking skills / James Bell.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston : Pearson Education, Inc., [2005]Copyright date: copyright 2005Edition: 4th edDescription: 86 p. ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- volume
- 0205435114
- BF 441 .B413 2005
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Graduate Studies | DLSU-D GRADUATE STUDIES Graduate Studies | Graduate Studies | BF 441 .B413 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3AEA0000289525 |
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.
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