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50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior

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50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio, Barry L. Beyerstein
2010 | ISBN: 1405131128, 140513111X | English | 352 pages | EPUB | 1 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