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This book presents students with fascinating questions that pique interest and inspire them to think more effectively. Bensley helps readers learn how to think critically about the issues often raised in psychology. By using a general definition of critical thinking, Bensley creates an organizational framework for teaching a set of related, or "unified," skills. All exercises are designed to teach a variety of skills that support inquiry in psychology using a single critical thinking model and vocabulary. Target skills include identifying arguments from nonarguments; finding the central question; evaluating the kinds of quality evidence; making predictions from theories; and constructing good arguments.
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Are people basically selfish? Can psychotherapists help people recover memories of sexual abuse that they have not recalled for decades? Can the moon cause people to go crazy or commit crimes? What do we actually "know" about the world through our senses? These are but a few of the fascinating questions that are addressed in D. Alan Bensley's engaging new book, Critical Thinking in Psychology: A Unified Schools Approach. With each question illustrating the need for critical thinking, Bensley piques student interest and inspires them to think more effectively and critically about both the common and uncommon. Without telling readers what to think, Bensley helps them learn how to think critically about the issues often raised in psychology. And while obtaining answers to the above questions is important, Bensley shows readers how the process of drawing sound conclusions to these queries is even more important.
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