1. Introduction to Critical Thinking in Psychology Leaning Objectives / What Do You Think? / The Purpose of This Book / What Is Critical Thinking? / Why Critical Thinking Is Important / How Does a Person Think Critically? 2. Inductive Reasoning and the Analysis of Psychological Arguments Learning Objectives / What Do You Think / Where Do Theories Come From? / Commonsense Theories and the Need for Caution / The Critical Thinking Task / Kinds and Quality of Evidence / Quantity of Evidence / Hypothetico-Deductive Reasoning in Psychology and Everyday Life 3. Analyizing Discussions of Psychological Questions Leaning Objectives / What Do You Think? / How to Critically Analyze a Psychological Discussion 4. The Mind, Brain, and Behavior: What's the Connection? Learning Objectives / What Do You Think? / Philosophical Positions on the Mind-Body Problem / How Our Assumptions Affect Our Explanations of Behavior / The Mind-Body Problem as a Scientific Question 5. Do We Perceive the World as it is? Learning Objectives / What Do You Think? / What Are Illusions / Examining a Theory of Size Illusions / What Do Illusions Tell Us About Perception? 6. The Extraordinary Claims Made about Hypnosis Learning Objectives / What Do You Think? / What Is Hypnosis? 7. Critical Thinking and Learning: Making Predictions and Reasoning from Definitions Learning Objectives / What Do You Think? / Using Deductive Reasoning to Make Predictions / Reasoning from a Definition to an Example 8. Memory and Critical Thinking Learning Objectives / What Do You Think? / Critical Thinking and Accuracy of Memory 9. Critical Thinking and Decision Making Learning Objectives / What Do You Think? / The Consequences of Decisions / Overview of the Decision-Making Process / The Relationship Between Decision Making and Critical Thinking / Probability and Rational Decision Making / Errors and Other Problems in Decision Making / Becoming Aware of How You Make Decisions 10. Do Emotions Hinder Critical Thinking? Learning Objectives / What Do You Think? / Defining Terms / Goals, Outcomes, and Rational Behavior / A Classification of Emotional Effects on Thinking 11. Thinking Critically about Theories of Abnormal Behavior: Culture and Witches Learning Objectives / What Do You Think? / Personal, Folk, and Implicit Theories of Personality / Thinking Critically About Historical Questions / Witchcraft: An Explanation for Various Troubles / Analyzing a Complex Psychological Questions: The Witchcraft Phenomenon / What Is the Best Explanation? 12. Critical Thinking and Diagnosing Mental Disorders Learning Objectives / What Do You Think? / The Task of Diagnosis / Clinical Assessment 13. Thinking Critically about Repression and Recovered Memories of Abuse Learning Objectives / What Do You Think? / The Need for Critical Thinking About Repressed Memories / How This Chapter Is Different / Issues in the Recovery of Repressed Memories 14. Critical Thinking and Writing Learning Objectives / What Do You Think? / Critical Thinking and Writing / Critical Thinking and Essay Questions / A Short Term Paper That Reviews the Literature / Writing the Introduction to a Research Report Appendix A: The Language of Argumentation: Expression That Identify Parts of Arguments / Appendix B: Form for Answering Critical Reading Questions / Appendix C: Answers Index (Each chapter concludes with a Summary, Review Questions, and References)
