Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-49715-2 — Critical Thinking in Psychology Edited by Robert J
Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-49715-2 — Critical Thinking in Psychology Edited by Robert J. Sternberg , Diane F. Halpern Index More Information Index abnormal psychology anecdotal evidence, 159 opportunities to promote critical thinking, anti-Islamism, 358 113–114 anti-Semitism, 358 academics argument analysis, 156, 169 susceptibility to uncritical thinking, 322 Ariely, D., 186–188 ACE Psychological Examination, 318 Aristotle (384–322 bce), 1 actively open-minded thinking (AOT), 49–54, Armenian genocide, 357 182–183 “Aryan physics”, 13 avoidance of bias, 49–50 astrology, 21–22, 89, 329 confidence level for study results, 50–51 attention consideration of alternative explanations, selective or restricted, 360–361 54–57 attitude polarization, 128–129 critical process in science, 51–54 Aum Supreme Truth cult, 329 evaluation of sources, 52–53 authoritarian leaders science as example of, 54–57 attraction to, 363–364 search and inference, 50 followers’ need to feel special, 363 test of beliefs about good thinking, 53–54 targeting of out-groups, 363 Actively Open-Minded Thinking Scale, 86 authority altercast, 336 Acxiom, 216 autism, 23 ad hominem attacks, 161–162 belief in a link with vaccines, 2, 23–24 Addeo, Dorothy, 337 claims for the facilitated communication affect heuristic, 29 technique, 14, 71 AIDS holding therapy proposed by Tinbergen, 20–21 claim of treatment with natural remedies, 24 availability heuristic, 78, 284–285 claims about the cause of, 21 AIDS counselors B.o.B (rapper), 2 ability to interpret HIV test results, 203–205
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