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1 online resource (165 pages) |
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<P>Preface</P><P>Acknowledgments</P><P>Introduction</P><P></P><P> </P><P>Chapter One</P><P>You Have Great Unfulfilled Potential: Cold (Psychic) Reading</P><P>What is Cold Reading</P><P>Tarot Cards</P><P>Cold Reading and Psychological Science</P><P>How does it Work</P><P>Why does it Work</P><P>How Much Does it Cost</P><P>Bibliography</P><P></P><P> </P><P>Chapter Two</P><P>"They Love you and you know that": Astrology</P><P>An Overview of Astrology</P><P>Astrology and Science</P><P>Bibliography</P><P></P><P> </P><P>Chapter Three</P><P>Show me your handwriting and I'll tell you who you are: Graphology</P><P>Science and Pseudo-Science</P><P>History of Graphology</P><P>The Use of Graphology</P><P>Is Handwriting Truly a Mirror of our Personality</P><P>The Validity of Graphology</P><P>Bibliography</P><P></P><P> </P><P>Chapter Four</P><P>Pinocchio's Nose: The Truth behind the Lie-Detector</P><P>Oops, an Innocent Man has been condemned to Life Imprisonment</P><P>Lying, Honesty and the Desire to Tell them Apart</P><P>The Truth will out: A Brief History of the Polygraph</P><P>The Relevant/Irrelevant Question Test (R/I)</P><P>The Control (Comparison) Question Test (CQT)</P><P>The Direct Lie Test (DLT)</P><P>The Concealed Information Test (CIT)</P><P>The CQT versus the CIT -- where is the Scientific Basis</P><P>Accuracy of the CQT versus the CIT</P><P>The Use of the Polygraph in Screening and Classification Processes</P><P>The Use of the Integrity Test as an Alternative to the CQT</P><P> </P><P>Bibliography</P><P></P><P> </P><P>Chapter Five</P><P>"Since Man Cannot Live without Miracles, he will Provide Himself with Miracles of his Own Making": The belief in Practices based on Cold Reading, Mysticism, and Pseudo-Science</P><P>The Need to Believe</P><P>Abuse of the need to believe</P><P>Popular Beliefs</P><P>Bias in Human Judgment</P><P>The Clients' Belief</P><P>The Burden of Doubt and Incertitude</P><P>The Need to Remove Personal Responsibility</P><P>The Influence of the Barnum Effect</P><P>Bias for Positive Evidence </P><P>Social and Cultural Influences (Conformity)</P><P>Shifting the Burden of Proof</P><P>The Practitioners' Belief</P><P>The Confirmation Bias</P><P>Illusory Validity </P><P>Bibliography</P><P></P><P>A Final Word</P><P></P><P><STRONG></STRONG></P> |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 You have great unfulfilled potential: cold (psychic) reading; What is cold reading?; Tarot cards; Cold reading and psychological science; How does it work?; Why does it work?; How much does it cost?; Bibliography; 2 "They love you and you know that":astrology; An overview of astrology; Astrology and science; Bibliography; 3 Show me your handwriting and I'll tell you who you are: graphology; Science and Pseudo science; History of graphology; The use of graphology |
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Is handwriting truly a mirror of our personality?The "theoretical" approach; The "empirical" approach; The validity of graphology; Comparison to reality; Contamination of handwritten samples with biographical data; The difficulty in quantifying graphologists' evaluations; Bibliography; 4 Pinocchio's nose: the truth behind the lie detector; Oops, an innocent man has been condemned to life imprisonment; Lying, honesty, and the desire to tell them apart; The truth will out: a brief history of the polygraph; The relevant/irrelevant questions test; The comparison question test (CQT) |
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The directed lie testThe concealed information test (CIT); The CQT versus the CIT -- where is the scientific basis?; Accuracy of the CQT versus the CIT; The use of the polygraph in screening and classification processes; The use of integrity tests as an alternative to the CQT; Bibliography; 5 "Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making": the belief in practices based on cold reading, mysticism, and pseudo-science; The need to believe; Abuse of the need to believe; Popular beliefs; Bias in human judgment; The clients' belief |
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The burden of doubt and incertitudeThe need to remove personal responsibility; The influence of the Barnum effect; Bias for positive evidence; Social and cultural influences (conformity); Shifting the burden of proof; The practitioners' belief; The confirmation bias; Illusory validity; Bibliography; 6 A final word; Index |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Barr, Marianna
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| ISBN |
9781351402507 |
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1351402501 |
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9781351402491 |
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1351402498 |
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9781351402484 |
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135140248X |
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9780203732892 |
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0203732898 |
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