Psychomythics: Sources of Artifacts and Misconceptions in Scientific Psychology

by William R. Uttal

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415651174
• ISBN13: 9780415651172
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"