50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology

Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior

Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio, Barry L. Beyerstein

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9781405131124
  9781405131117
• eBook ISBN:
  9781444360745
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychologie
• Subtopic: Geschichte & Theorie in der Psychologie

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

Table of contents

• Cover
• CONTENTS
• Series
• About the Authors
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• 1 BRAIN POWER
• 2 FROM WOMB TO TOMB
• 3 A REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST
• 4 TEACHING OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS
• 5 ALTERED STATES
• 6 I’VE GOT A FEELING
• 7 THE SOCIAL ANIMAL
• 8 KNOW THYSELF
• 9 SAD, MAD, AND BAD
• 10 DISORDER IN THE COURT
• 11 SKILLS AND PILLS
• POSTSCRIPT
• APPENDIX
• REFERENCES
• INDEX