Critical Thinking in Psychology: A Unified Skills Approach - Softcover

Bensley, D. Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534256201 ISBN 13: 9780534256203

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

This book presents students with fascinating questions that pique interest and inspire them to think more effectively. Bensley helps readers learn how to think critically about the issues often raised in psychology. By using a general definition of critical thinking, Bensley creates an organizational framework for teaching a set of related, or "unified," skills. All exercises are designed to teach a variety of skills that support inquiry in psychology using a single critical thinking model and vocabulary. Target skills include identifying arguments from nonarguments; finding the central question; evaluating the kinds of quality evidence; making predictions from theories; and constructing good arguments.

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"...readable, psychologically relevant, and engaging."

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"...very well-organized, laced with helpful examples, and very user-friendly."

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0534256201
• ISBN 13: 9780534256203
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288