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Psychomythics: Sources of Artifacts and Misconceptions in Scientific Psychology

By William R. Uttal

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
0805845844, 9780805845846, 9781410607614
LCC
BF38.5 .U88 2003
Open Library ID
OL17613933M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11764904 bytes)
Pages
205\219
Topic
Psychology
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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