Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (December 17, 2021) © 2019

  • Scott O. Lilienfeld Emory University
  • Steven Jay Lynn Binghamton University
  • Laura L. Namy Emory University
  • Graham Jamieson University of New England
  • Anthony Marks University of New England
  • Virginia Slaughter University of Queensland
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For first year psychology students

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The goal of this text is to empower students to apply scientific thinking to the psychology of their everyday lives. By applying scientific thinking - thinking that helps protect us against our tendencies to make mistakes - we can better evaluate claims about both laboratory research and daily life.

Students will emerge with the critical-thinking skills and open-minded scepticism they need to distinguish psychological misinformation from psychological information. The product is designed to encourage students to keep an open mind to new claims, but to insist on and evaluate evidence informing these claims.

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  • 1 Science and pseudoscience in psychology
  • 2 Research methods
  • 3 Biological psychology
  • 4 Sensation and perception
  • 5 Consciousness
  • 6 Learning
  • 7 Memory
  • 8 Thinking, reasoning and language
  • 9 Intelligence and IQ testing
  • 10 Human development
  • 11 Emotion and motivation
  • 12 Stress, coping and health
  • 13 Social psychology
  • 14 Cross-cultural psychology
  • 15 Personality
  • 16 Psychological disorders
  • 17 Psychological and biological treatments

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