Description
| Product ID: | 9780367609948 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Investigating Psychology Pseudoscience |
| Title: | Investigating Pop Psychology |
| Subtitle: | Pseudoscience, Fringe Science, and Controversies |
| Authors: | Author: Richard Wiseman, Stephen , USA.) Hupp |
| Page Count: | 160 |
| Subjects: | Psychology, Psychology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Psychology of gender, Social, group or collective psychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Psychology: states of consciousness, Health psychology, Psychotherapy, Neurosciences, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Child & developmental psychology, Psychology of gender, Social, group or collective psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Memory, Sleep & dreams, Health psychology, Psychotherapy, Neurosciences |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. Psychologists conduct scientific investigations into a lot of strange things including alien encounters, horoscopes, dream interpretation, superstition, and extrasensory perception (ESP). Through a digestible, open-minded format combined with relevant and topical case studies such as energy psychology, demonic possession, and horoscopes, this book offers an engaging read which encourages students to think critically about the information they are exposed to during their academic careers and beyond. By taking a fresh look into investigations regarding pseudoscience and fringe science in pop psychology, it celebrates the science of psychology while also providing warnings about the problem of pseudoscience in pop psychology. Providing tips on how to consider evidence regarding the strength of claims in pop psychology, Investigating Pop Psychology is an ideal resource for undergraduate introductory psychology students and for students studying science and pseudoscience. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-12-14 |
