How to Think Straight About Psychology
This book, then, is directed not at potential researchers in psychology, but at a much larger group; the consumers of psychological information. The target audience is the beginning psychology student and the general reader who have encountered information on psychological issues in the general media and have wondered how to go about evaluating its validity ... [This book concerns itself with introducing students to] the fundamental principles [with which] to evaluate psychological claims. [Students will use] the thinking tools introduced in this text to evaluate new psychological information encountered in media or in course work. -Pref.