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ERIC Number: EJ646514
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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Everything You Need To Know To Understand the Current Controversies You Learned from Psychological Research: A Comment on the Rind and Lilienfeld Controversies.
Sternberg, Robert J.
American Psychologist, v57 n3 p193-97 Mar 2002
Discusses applications of theories and research in psychology to understand controversies generated by two recent articles, explaining the need to distinguish between rational and intuitive thinking, recognize the power of context, think reflectively, and realize the costs of defying the crowd, and noting steps one can take to be wiser and more balanced in one's own thinking. (SM)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Political Issues, Psychological Studies, Psychology, Research, Theories, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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