| Psychomythics: Sources of Artifacts and Misconceptions in Scientific Psychology Contributor(s): Uttal, William R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805845844 ISBN-13: 9780805845846 Publisher: Psychology Press OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: Uttal has written 9 LEA titles over the past 25 yrs. The audience will be the same people who bought Uttal's past work, as well as people teaching courses in THEORY & METHODS of PSYCH., those w/interests in THEORETICAL PSYCH & the HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Experimental Psychology |
| Dewey: 150.1 |
| LCCN: 2003040828 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.18" W x 9.18" (0.95 lbs) 224 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. |