Mark A. Burgman 
Trusting Judgements [EPUB ebook] 
How to Get the Best out of Experts

What is ‘humpty-dumptying’? Do ‘arguments from analogy’ ever stand up? How do I know when someone is using ‘weasel words’? What’s the difference between a ‘red herring’ and a ‘straw man’? This superb …

First Published in 1985. This volume offers a collection of John B. Carroll’s works on the mastery of learning and related topics. Including discussions and information around his “Model of School Le …

Research on clinical populations and studies of normal individuals support the conclusion that there are functional differences between the cerebral hemispheres. This book captures some of the major …

Following the attacks of September 11th 2001, one of the resounding questions asked was ‘What would make anyone do such a thing?’ The psychological mentality of the suicidal terrorist left a gaping h …

First published in 1982. This book offers virtually everything that is publicly known about sleep-talking, with the greatest amount and most important of this information coming from the author’s own …

In writing The Psychology of Politics, Hans Eysenck had two aims in mind: to write a book about modern developments in the field of attitude studies which would be intelligible to the layman; and one …

The Student Survival Guide for Research Methods in Psychology is designed to support students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate level research methods courses by providing them with the tools the …

This book describes the advances and insights made by social scientists from around the world into the understanding and resolution of social dilemmas. Each chapter discusses its own research finding …

Early Childhood and Neuroscience is a practical guide to understanding the complex and challenging subject of neuroscience and its use (and misapplication) in early childhood policy and practice. The …

Most people, at some point in their lives, experience the stress of being interviewed for a job. Many also face the task of interviewing other people. But what does the science tell us about this uni …