| Psychomythics: Sources of Artifacts and Misconceptions in Scientific Psychology Contributor(s): Uttal, William R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415651174 ISBN-13: 9780415651172 Publisher: Psychology Press OUR PRICE: $63.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Experimental Psychology |
| Dewey: 150.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 218 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Psychology deals with the most complex subject matter of any science. As such, it is subject to misunderstandings, artifacts, and just simple errors of data, logic, and interpretation. This book teases out the details of some of the sources of these errors. It considers errors in psychological data and theories that arise from confusing endogenous and exogenous causal forces in perceptual research, misinterpreting the effects of inevitable natural laws as psychological phenomena, improper application of statistics and measurement, and flawed assumptions. Examples of each of these sources of error are presented and discussed. Finally, the book concludes that a return to a revitalized kind of behaviorism is preferred, rather than continuing on the current cognitive path. |