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Front Cover; Front Matter; Half title; Full title; Imprint; Brief contents; Contents; Preface; 1 Science and pseudoscience in psychology; Skills for thinking scientifically in everyday life; 1.1 What is psychology? Science versus intuition; Psychology and levels of analysis; What makes psychology di...

Mysteries of psychological science Why do we perceive patterns even when they do not exist?The dangers of pseudoscience: why should we care?; 1.3 Scientific thinking: distinguishing fact from fiction; Scientific scepticism; A basic framework for scientific thinking; evaluating claims Remarkable diet...

Psychology and psychologists in AustraliaSummary; 2 Research methods; Safeguards against error; 2.1 The beauty and necessity of good research design; Why we need research designs; How we can be fooled: two modes of thinking; 2.2 The scientific method: a toolbox of skills; Naturalistic observation: s...

2.3 Ethical issues in research designEthical guidelines for human research; Ethical research in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities; Ethical issues in animal research; 2.4 Statistics: the language of psychological research; Descriptive statistics: what is what?; Inferential statistics:...

3 Biological psychologyThe brain-body communication superhighway; 3.1 Nerve cells: communication portals; Neurons: the brain's communicators; Glial cells: supporting roles; Electrifying thought; Chemical neurotransmission; Neural plasticity: how and when the brain changes; 3.2 The brain-behaviour ne...