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Taking sides. Clashing views on psychological issues / selected, edited, and with introductions by Brent Slife.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Taking sides | McGraw-Hill contemporary learning seriesPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Edition: Sixteenth edition, expandedDescription: xxviii, 396 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0077382870
  • 9780077382872
Other title:
  • Clashing views on psychological issues [Portion of title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150 22
Contents:
Are traditional empirical methods sufficient to provide evidence for psychological practice? -- Classic dialogue: was Stanley Milgram's Study of obedience unethical? -- Does the research support evolutionary accounts of female mating preferences? -- Are gender differences in communication biologically determined? -- Is homosexuality biologically based? -- Is evolution a good explanation for psychological concepts? -- Does divorce have positive long-term effects for the children involved? -- Do online friendships hurt adolescent development? -- Are today's youth more self-centered than previous generations? -- Is the theory of multiple intelligences valid? -- Are the recovered memories of psychological trauma valid? -- Is attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) a real disorder? -- Does taking antidepressants lead to suicide? -- Do brain deficiencies determine learning disabilities? -- Should psychologists abstain from involvement in coercive interrogations? -- Do video games lead to violence? -- Can sex be addictive? -- Is American psychological research generalizable to other cultures? -- Does an elective abortion lead to negative psychological effects?
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 150 TAK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A504203B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 150 TAK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A504400B

Expanded edition with two new issues--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Are traditional empirical methods sufficient to provide evidence for psychological practice? -- Classic dialogue: was Stanley Milgram's Study of obedience unethical? -- Does the research support evolutionary accounts of female mating preferences? -- Are gender differences in communication biologically determined? -- Is homosexuality biologically based? -- Is evolution a good explanation for psychological concepts? -- Does divorce have positive long-term effects for the children involved? -- Do online friendships hurt adolescent development? -- Are today's youth more self-centered than previous generations? -- Is the theory of multiple intelligences valid? -- Are the recovered memories of psychological trauma valid? -- Is attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) a real disorder? -- Does taking antidepressants lead to suicide? -- Do brain deficiencies determine learning disabilities? -- Should psychologists abstain from involvement in coercive interrogations? -- Do video games lead to violence? -- Can sex be addictive? -- Is American psychological research generalizable to other cultures? -- Does an elective abortion lead to negative psychological effects?

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