50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior By Scott O. Lilienfeld

I needed this textbook for class. It came in great condition and the seller was easy to work with. 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior As a graduate student in educational psychology, I've heard my share of myths about thinking, cognition, emotion, and the human brain. The average person only uses 10% of their brain. If a teacher matches their teaching style to a child's learning style, then the child 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior This was assigned reading for my senior thesis class as a psychology major. I’m so very grateful to have read it and strongly recommend it to anyone entering the helping professions. One of the most basic premises of this book is that we are all prone to putting stock into 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior There are two very impressive aspects of this book: 1) the types of myths that the authors tackle, and 2) the quality of their literature reviews. On the first point, I was excited to see the authors make strong evidence based critiques of the Alcoholics Anonymous model 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior Let me start by saying that this book provides some useful and important information regarding common misconceptions about psychology. I have to admit I was astounded to learn that a significant proportion of college students believe that vision involves emissions from the 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior

This is an outstanding read, I've recommended this book to everyone I know! The writing style is very similar to scientific publications like Discover or Scientific American. It has a wonderful tone, one moment making silly puns (and stepping back to say look I 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior This is an intriguing idea, but I felt the book stumbled on several levels. First, the authors use an overly broad definition of 'myths'. I expected them to address myths that are widely accepted, such that most readers would be surprised to learn that their 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior Here are some myths I had always assumed had some truth in them: some people are left brained, others right brained; adolescence is always a time of psychological turmoil; when dying, or when loved ones die, people pass through five stages of grief (denial, anger, 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior

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50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology uses popular myths as a vehicle for helping students and laypersons to distinguish science from pseudoscience. Uses common myths as a vehicle for exploring how to distinguish factual from fictional claims in popular psychology Explores topics that readers will relate to, but often misunderstand, such as 'opposites attract', 'people use only 10% of their brains', and 'handwriting reveals your personality' Provides a 'mythbusting kit' for evaluating folk psychology claims in everyday life Teaches essential critical thinking skills through detailed discussions of each myth Includes over 200 additional psychological myths for readers to explore
Contains an Appendix of useful Web Sites for examining psychological myths Features a postscript of remarkable psychological findings that sound like myths but that are true Engaging and accessible writing style that appeals to students and lay readers alike 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior