50 great myths of popular psychology : shattering widespread misconceptions about human behavior / Scott O. Lilienfeld [and others].
In a society in which psychological knowledge is shaped as much, if not more, by supermarket tabloids, talk shows, and self-proclaimed "self-help gurus" as it is by the latest scientific advances, here is a book that helps students and the public distinguish fact from fiction in the world...
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Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, Mass. :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The wide world of psychomythology
- Brain power : myths about the brain and perception
- From womb to tomb : myths about development and aging
- A remembrance of things past : myths about memory
- Teaching old dogs new tricks : myths about intelligence and learning
- Altered states : myths about consciousness
- I've got a feeling : myths about emotion and motivation
- The social animal : myths about interpersonal behavior
- Know thyself : myths about personality
- Sad, mad, and bad : myths about mental illness
- Disorder in the court : myths about psychology and law
- Skills and pills : myths about psychological treatment.