Evaluating Psychological Information: Sharpening Your Critical Thinkings Skills(4th Edition) - Softcover

James E. Bell

9780205435111: Evaluating Psychological Information: Sharpening Your Critical Thinkings Skills(4th Edition)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205435114 ISBN 13: 9780205435111

Publisher: Pearson, 2004

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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