Examines critical-thinking skills that are useful in a complex society where success - in all facets of life - often requires the ability to evaluate the validity of many conflicting claims. This work illustrates these tendencies with numerous examples that demonstrate how easily we can be fooled into believing something that isn't true.
Presents an evaluation of the status of major psychotherapeutic approaches. This book presents evidence for the efficacy of widely used interventions for frequently encountered mental disorders for special populations, including children, adolescents, and adults. It addresses the methodological challenges in translating research into practice.
This volume raises questions about the nature and universality of naturally occurring concepts in human thinking. The work suggests that categories can differ significantly across cultures with respect to fundamental human concepts such as space, time, and objecthood.
Cognitive neuroscience rests on two cornerstones: simple experimental paradigms to capture critical components of the mind and methods to watch what the brain is doing while working in these paradigms. Michael I. Posner has been a driving force behind the use of componential and functional analysis to enhance knowledge of mindbrain relationships.
Presenting state-of-the-art research from leading investigators, this volume examines the processes by which people understand their interpersonal experiences.
The study of cognition has experienced rapid growth in the last decade. This topic is fundamental both to the science of psychology and to its applications in real world problems. Here, experimental psychologists show how their findings can be applied in daily life.
This volume discusses the popularly used cognitive tasks in applied research, including the Stroop, Selective Attention, Implicit Memory, Directed Forgetting, and Autobiographical Memory tasks.
Answers questions such as: Are women really better than men at reading other people's minds? Are longer-married couples better than newlyweds at anticipating their partners' thoughts and feelings? Do we all possess a dormant "sixth sense" that, if fully utilized, could allow us to intuit with great accuracy what other people are thinking?
What factors led to the 'Martian panic' of 1938? Why did so many people conclude that an alien spaceship crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947? This book demonstrates how the tools of critical thinking can help reveal the truth behind strange events and seemingly mysterious behavior.
