Psychomythics
Psychology deals with the most complex subject matter of any science. As such, it is subject to misunderstandings, artifacts, and just simple errors of data, logic, and interpretation. This book teases out the details of some of the sources of these errors. It considers errors in psychological data and theories that arise from confusing endogenous and exogenous causal forces in perceptual research, misinterpreting the effects of inevitable natural laws as psychological phenomena, improper application of statistics and measurement, and flawed assumptions. Examples of each of these sources of error are presented and discussed. Finally, the book concludes that a return to a revitalized kind of behaviorism is preferred, rather than continuing on the current cognitive path.
215 pages, 8 editions
English edition · First published 2003 by Taylor & Francis · ISBN 9781135623715
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Editions
8 editions
English
- Psychomythics · Taylor & Francis · 2014 · ISBN 9781135623715 This page
- Psychomythics: Sources of Artifacts and Misconceptions in Scientific Psychology · Psychology Press · 2014 · ISBN 9781135623678
- Psychomythics: Sources of Artifacts and Misconceptions in Scientific Psychology · Taylor & Francis Group · 2014 · ISBN 9781135623692
- Psychomythics: Sources of Artifacts and Misconceptions in Scientific Psychology · Psychology · 2013 · ISBN 9780415651172
- Psychomythics: Sources of Artifacts and Misconceptions in Scientific Psychology · L. Erlbaum Associates · 2003 · ISBN 9781410607614
- Psychomythics: Sources of Artifacts and Misconceptions in Scientific Psychology · L. Erlbaum Associates · 2003 · ISBN 9780805845846
- Psychomythics: Sources of Artifacts and Misconceptions in Scientific Psychology · L. Erlbaum Associates · 2003 · ISBN 9781282374485
- Psychomythics: Sources of Artifacts and Misconceptions in Scientific Psychology · L. Erlbaum Associates · 2003 · ISBN 9786612374487
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