Rethinking Psychology - 9781032980119

Rethinking PsychologyFinding Meaning in Misconceptions\nAuthor(s): Michael W. Eysenck\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032980119, 978-1032980119\nSynopsis\nCan subliminal messages motivate behaviour? Can you train your brain to increase your intelligence? Does parenting style affect personality?\n\nPsychologists and non-psychologists looking to understand human behaviour and cognition are forced to contend with a number of complexities unique to the field. Not least amongst these is the fact that psychology lacks the superficially attractive precision of theories in the hard sciences. It is inevitable, then, that non-psychologists are susceptible to numerous psychological myths.\n\nIn this thought-provoking exploration of 43 of the most common psychological myths, Michael W. Eysenck examines the complexity of psychological science as well as the distortion of data, not only through the media, but also by research.