Thinking Critically with Psychological Science

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Thinking Critically with Psychological Science

• The Scientific Attitude
• The Limits of Intuition and Common Sense
• Did We Know It All Along? The Hindsight Bias
• Overconfidence
• Summing Up

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Thinking Critically with Psychological Science

• Research Strategies How Psychologists Ask and
  Answer Questions
• The Scientific Method
• Description
• Correlation
• Thinking Critically About Hot and Cold Streaks
  in Basketball and the Stock Market
• Experimentation
• Summing Up

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Thinking Critically with Psychological Science

• Frequently Asked Questions About Psychology
• Close-Up Human Diversity and Human Kinship
• Summing Up
• Thinking Critically About The Death Penalty
  When Beliefs Collide with Psychological Science
• Terms and Concepts to Remember
• Critical Thinking Exercise