Become the master of your worldRenowned psychologist James R. Flynn presents 20 key concepts to aid critical thinking and empower individuals to criticallyanalyze what they read, hear, and see in our information society. Authored byone of the world's most eminent psychologists, this text looks at topics thatinclude race, IQ, "good" science, and the current world economic crisis to help readers improve their critical thinking skills. INDICE: List of Figures and Boxes ixAcknowledgments x1 Introduction: The Knowledge Trap 1Part 1 Arguing about Right and Wrong 152 Logic and Moral Debate– Attacks on Blacks 173 Getting Rid of Tautologies – No Private Clubs 244 The Naturalistic Fallacy and Its Consequences – be Judgmental 325 But that is Unnatural – Words Best Never Said 41Part 2 The Truth about People 496 Random Sample – Quality Not Size 517 Intelligence Quotient – Hanging the Intellectually Disabled 568 Intelligence Quotient – and the Black/White IQ Gap 629 Control Group – How Studying People Changes Them 6910 The Sociologist ‘ s Fallacy – Ignoring the Real World 75Part 3 The Market and Its Church 8511 Creating a Market – Not a Frankenstein 8712 Market Forces – How they Take their Revenge 9613 Market Worship – No Ritual Sacrifices 10814 The Economic Collapse of 2008 11715 What is to be Done? 130Part 4 Enemies of Science 13916 Reality – What ScientistsReally Say About Science 14117 History, Science, and Evolution – Only One Kind of Each 152Part 5 Nations and their Goals 16318 Understanding Nations – Understanding Anyone 16519 Four Cases – Making Sense Out of Nonsense 17320 Conclusion: Gene Debs University 183Index 189
- ISBN: 978-1-119-94476-8
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 208
- Fecha Publicación: 27/07/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés