50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology uses popular myths as a vehicle for helping students and laypersons to distinguish science from pseudoscience. \* Uses common myths as a vehicle for exploring how to distinguish factual from fictional claims in popular psychology \* Explores topics that readers will relate to, but often misunderstand, such as â opposites attract,â Â â people use only 10% of their brains,â and handwriting reveals your personality \* Provides a â mythbusting kitâ for evaluating folk psychology claims in everyday life \* Teaches essential critical thinking skills through detailed discussions of each myth \* Includes over 200 additional psychological myths for readers to explore Contains an Appendix of useful Web Sites for examining psychological myths \* Features a postscript of remarkable psychological findings that sound like myths but that are true \* Engaging and accessible writing style that appeals to students and lay readers alike