Investigating Pop Psychology (eBook, PDF)

Pseudoscience, Fringe Science, and Controversies
Redaktion: Hupp, Stephen; Wiseman, Richard

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Investigating Pop Psychology provides the basic tools required to make evidence-informed decisions and thoughtfully distinguish science from pseudoscience through the application of scientific skepticism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000814361
• Artikelnr.: 66677874

Autorenporträt

Stephen Hupp, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) in the United States. In 2015, he won the Great Teacher Award from the SIUE Alumni Association. He has published several books including Pseudoscience in Therapy and Dr. Huckleberry's True or Malarkey? Superhuman Abilities. Richard Wiseman, PhD, is a Social Psychologist and Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. He has published over 100 academic papers, written several best-selling psychology books (including The Luck Factor and 59 Seconds) and created psychology-based YouTube videos that have attracted over 500 million views.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Examining Claims in Pop Psychology 2. Phrenology and Neuroscience 3.
Extrasensory Perception, Psychokinesis, and Sensation 4. Dream
Interpretation and Consciousness 5. Superstition and Learning 6. Alien
Encounters and Memory 7. Learning Styles and Cognition 8. Brain Training
and Intelligence 9. Psychosexual Stages and Development 10. Horoscopes and
Emotion 11. Spectrophilia and Sexuality 12. Alternative Medicine and Health
13. Selling Flimflam and Social Influences 14. Projective Tests and
Personality 15. Demonic Possession & Disorders 16. Energy Psychology and
Therapy 17. Postscript: How to Resist False Claims