| Description |
xv, 136 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
BPS student guides |
| Contents |
1.Getting Started on Critical Thinking -- 2.Logic and the Philosophy of Critical Thinking -- 3.Critical Thinking in the Wider World -- 4.Critical Thinking Inside Psychology -- 5.Putting Critical Thinking to Use: Getting Good Grades -- 6.Getting Fit for Critical Thinking |
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Contents note continued: Exercises in Critical Thinking -- Checklist for Critical Thinking -- Your own checklist |
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Contents note continued: The wrong analysis -- ̀Bigging up' weak results -- Borderline findings and margins of error -- Clinical significance versus statistical significance -- Crime statistics -- Critical thinking in health psychology -- Complementary and alternative medicine -- Critical thinking in cognitive psychology -- Critical thinking in social psychology -- Critical thinking in biological psychology -- ch. 4 Critical Questions -- 5.Putting Critical Thinking to Use: Getting Good Grades -- Sample mini-essays: compare and contrast -- Understanding Feedback -- Politeness -- Being too descriptive -- Academic style -- Answering the question -- Lacking depth -- Lacking structure or planning -- Citing your sources -- Learning for thinking -- ch. 5 Critical Questions -- 6.Getting Fit for Critical Thinking -- Fostering a critical mindset -- A sense of externality -- Mindfulness -- Critical reading -- Summarising -- ch. 6 Critical Questions -- Concluding Remarks -- |
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Contents note continued: When is a review not a review? -- The unqualified opinion -- The unfair review -- The wrong end of the stick -- Irrelevance and axe grinding -- Occam's Razor -- The great examination debate -- University league tables -- Reflection and critical thinking -- ch. 3 Critical Questions -- 4.Critical Thinking Inside Psychology -- Systematic reviews -- Critical thinking in statistics and probability -- The Texas sharpshooter fallacy -- The gambler's fallacy, the clustering illusion, apophenia, pareidolia and other wonderful things -- Pseudoscience and the enemies of psychology -- Jargon -- Training -- Secrecy and mystery -- Stasis -- Psychology as a protoscience -- Three enemies of psychology -- Discourse analysis: a practical application of critical thinking -- Critical thinking in research methods and statistics -- Correlation and causation -- Control groups -- Blind and double-blind -- Observation and interpretation -- History repeating itself -- |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Getting Started on Critical Thinking -- What is critical thinking? -- Defining critical thinking -- Psychology and critical thinking -- ch. 1 Critical Questions -- 2.Logic and the Philosophy of Critical Thinking -- Non sequitur -- Slippery slope -- Tu quoque -- Post hoc ergo propter hoc -- Argument from ignorance -- Shifting the burden of proof -- Special pleading -- The straw person -- False binary opposition -- Ad hominem fallacy -- Begging the question -- Appeal to questionable authority -- Socratic questioning: the ancient art of ̀But why?' -- Why prioritise critical thinking? -- ch. 2 Critical Questions -- 3.Critical Thinking in the Wider World -- Am I bovvered? -- More about Grice's Maxims -- The arts -- Offence in art -- Aesthetics in art -- Talent in art -- Comparative art -- Understanding art -- Final comments on art -- Applying critical thinking to the language of advertising -- Ambiguity -- Libel and the law -- |
| Summary |
Critical thinking is taught at all universities, often put forward by lecturers as the key skill that can most dramatically improve a student's understanding of a course and transform their writing. It pervades research methods teaching, critical psychology, and a range of other core curriculum elements, in exactly the same way that critical thinking pervades any discipline, and indeed, life generally. But what is it, exactly, and how can we apply it specifically to the field of psychology? In his relaxed and accessible style, Mark Forshaw takes modern real-world examples from psychology and everyday life to lighten the learning of critical thinking, explaining what it entails, why it is important, and how it can be applied to this fascinating field of study |
| Analysis |
Psychology |
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Study guides & learning skills |
| Bibliography |
With bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Critical thinking.
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Psychology.
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| Author |
British Psychological Society.
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| LC no. |
2012004753 |
| ISBN |
9781405191173 (paperback) |
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