Methodological problems with the academic sources of popular psychology : context, inference, and measurement / Robert Ausch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ausch, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Research--Evaluation.

Psychology.

Psychology--Methodology--Evaluation.

Psychology, Applied.

Psychology--Methodology.

Evaluation.

Psychology--Research.

Physical Description:

xii, 223 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

Methodological Problems with the Academic Sources of Popular Psychology: Context, Inference, and Measurement examines the relationship between academic and popular psychology from a critical perspective with a focus on issues of methodology. This book traces the path from ideas in reputable popular psychology back to the original academic research tradition from which the claims were generated. It also addresses the conceptual and methodological controversies with respect to the original research typically ignored or played down in popular writing. This book covers a range of topics including the question of universal biases in judgment, resurgent notions of "fast" thinking and a cognitive unconscious, the psychology of happiness and other "positive" psychologies, the effects of parenting on child outcomes, and more general issues related to psychological tests and measures. The methodological problems that emerge include generalizing from specific experimental conditions, highly biased sampling, lack of replication of findings, lack of shared referents across subfields, even different authors, as well as confusion around basic statistical and mathematical issues. Methodological Problems with the Academic Sources of Popular Psychology reviews these matters extensively, offering both a sense of the history and pervasiveness of these issues in the field itself and an opportunity to review and master these difficult ideas. Book jacket.

Contents:

The past and present landscape of pop psychology

The psychology of cognitive biases

Fast systems and unconscious cognition

Happiness psychology and uncertainty

The effects of parenting: correlations and causes

Psychological measurement: IQ, personality, and emotional intelligence

Conclusion: how to read pop psychology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ausch, Robert, author. Methodological problems with the academic sources of popular psychology

ISBN:

9781498524148

1498524141

OCLC:

927381995