Psychobabble and Biobunk: Using Psychology to Think Critically about Issues in the News (2nd Edition)

This revised and updated handbook features a selection of opinion essays and book reviews by Carol Tavris, written for The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Scientific American, and other publications. These essays, which apply psychological research and principles of scientific and critical thinking to issues in the news, may be used to encourage debate in the classroom or as a basis for student papers. Students can be asked to write or present their own points of view on a topic, drawing on research and the guidelines of critical thinking (defined and described in a prefatory "Note to the Reader") to support their conclusions. Although these essays can be used in many social science and composition courses, a "Note to the Instructor" suggests how their specific topics correspond to material in Carole Wade and Carol Tavris's Psychology and Invitation to Psychology and Tavris & Wade's Psychology in Perspective.Carol Tavris is the author of 'Psychobabble and Biobunk: Using Psychology to Think Critically about Issues in the News (2nd Edition)', published 2000 under ISBN 9780130279866 and ISBN 0130279862.