Psychology, 3rd Edition

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The goal of this text is to empower students to apply scientific thinking to the psychology of their everyday lives. By applying scientific thinking - thinking that helps protect us against our tendencies to make mistakes - we can better evaluate claims about both laboratory research and daily life.

Students will emerge with the critical-thinking skills and open-minded scepticism they need to distinguish psychological misinformation from psychological information. The product is designed to encourage students to keep an open mind to new claims, but to insist on and evaluate evidence informing these claims.

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Scott O. Lilienfeld received his BA in Psychology from Cornell University in 1982 and his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1990. He completed his clinical internship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1986 to 1987. He was Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at SUNY Albany from 1990 to 1994, and is now Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology at Emory University and a Visiting Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is a Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science and was the recipient of the 1998 David Shakow Award from Division 12 (Clinical Psychology) of the American Psychological Association for Early Career Contributions to Clinical Psychology. More recently, he received the James McKeen Cattell Award from the Association for Psychological Science for outstanding career contributions to applied psychology across disciplines. Dr Lilienfeld is president of the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology within Division 12 and past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. He is editor of Clinical Psychological Science and until recently was a regular columnist for Scientific American Mind magazine. He has authored or co-authored 14 books and more than 350 journal articles and chapters. Dr Lilienfeld has also been a participant in Emory University's 'Great Teachers' lecturer series, a Distinguished Speaker for the Psi Chi Honor Society at the annual American Psychological Association convention and a keynote speaker at numerous national and international conventions.

Steven Jay Lynn received his BA in Psychology from the University of Michigan and his PhD in clinical psychology from Indiana University. He completed an NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship at Lafayette Clinic, Detroit, Michigan, in 1976 and is now Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Binghamton University (SUNY), where he was the director of the Psychological Clinic and the director of the Laboratory of Consciousness and Cognition. Dr Lynn is a Fellow of numerous professional organisations, including the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, is a diplomate in clinical and forensic psychology (ABPP) and was the recipient of the Chancellor's Award of the State University of New York for Scholarship and Creative Activities. Dr Lynn has authored or edited 22 books and authored more than 350 other publications, and was named on a list of 'Top Producers of Scholarly Publications in Clinical Psychology PhD Programs' (2000–2004/Stewart, Wu & Roberts, 2007, Journal of Clinical Psychology). Dr Lynn is the founder and editor of Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice (APA) and he has served on 11 other editorial boards, including the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Dr Lynn's research has been featured in numerous media outlets, including the New York Times, New Scientist Magazine, Discover Magazine, CBS Morning Show, ABC's 20/20, Discovery Channel and the Academy Award-winning documentary, Capturing the Friedmans.

Laura L. Namy received her BA in philosophy and psychology from Indiana University in 1993 and her PhD in cognitive psychology at Northwestern University in 1998. She is now Director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture at Emory University, where she is also Professor of Psychology and Core Faculty in Linguistics. She recently completed a three-year term at the National Science Foundation as a Program Director in the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Division. She is a past editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cognition and Development and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. Her research focuses on the origins and development of verbal and nonverbal symbol use in young children, sound symbolism in natural language and the role of comparison in conceptual development.

Graham Jamieson received his BSc from the University of Queensland in 1983 and his MSc in 1987. He worked as a researcher in the world-leading University of Queensland hypnosis laboratory led by Peter Sheehan, receiving his PhD in 2002. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Affective and Social Neuroscience at the University of New England, Armidale. Dr Jamieson's primary research focus is the cognitive neuroscience of hypnosis and conscious states, and in particular the testing and development of dissociation theories of trance states. He seeks to promote the development of a new generation of research leaders in this field both in Australia and around the world. He is also a specialist in the application of advanced signal-processing techniques to the analysis of EEG data and in the practical applications of advancing neuroscience technology, interests he developed as a postdoctoral researcher in the Division of Cognitive Neuroscience at Imperial College London. As an educator he aims to pass on his skills, excitement and irreverence for authority to developing research students.

Anthony Marks received his BSc in Applied Psychology from the University of Southern Queensland and his BA with Honours in Psychology and PhD from the University of New England. He researches in the areas of environmental psychology, risk perception and decision making. He also has interests in adolescent psychology and gender studies. He has expertise in survey construction and scale development for assessment of various sociocognitive psychological constructs and in advanced statistical techniques including latent profile analysis and structural equation modelling. Dr Marks has designed learning materials and has successfully coordinated large first-year Psychology classes at the University of New England, and in 2011 was awarded an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation for an Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Virginia Slaughter received her BA in Liberal Arts from Sarah Lawrence College (New York) in 1985 and her PhD in developmental psychology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1994. She moved to the University of Queensland in 1996, where she is now Professor and Head of the School of Psychology. Dr Slaughter's research focuses on social and cognitive development in infants and young children. Her research has produced 100 peer-reviewed articles and chapters, a monograph for the Society for Research in Child Development and three edited volumes. Dr Slaughter serves as an associate editor for the international journal Child Development and she sits on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Developmental Psychology and the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. Her awards include Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2016) and an Australian Award for University Teaching (in the category Teaching Large First Year Classes, 2005).

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