An Introduction to Critical Thinking & Research Writing in the Social Sciences

An Introduction to Critical Thinking & Research Writing in the Social Sciences

Academic Unit

College of Education and Human Development

Publication Date

2021

Document Type

Article

Description

Part 1: Critical Thinking CHAPTER 1 Ways of Knowing Defining Critical Thinking CHAPTER 2 Critical Thinking Example 1 Example 2 CHAPTER 3 Informal Fallacies Introduction Straw man Ad Hominem Post Hoc ergo Propter Hoc Appeal to Ignorance Begging the Question Complex Question False Dilemma Composition and Division Exercises CHAPTER 4 Lesser Fallacies Introduction Appeal to Force (ad baculum) Appeal to Pity (ad misericordiam) Appeal to the People (ad populum) Appeal to Unreliable Authority Fallacies of Meaning Exercises CHAPTER 5 Constructing Counterexamples Introduction Deductive Arguments Inductive Arguments The Counterexample Method Argument Forms and Counterexamples Universal and Particular Statements Exercises Part 2: Understanding Research & Writing a Literature Review CHAPTER 6 Research Methods in the Real World Research in the Media The Status of Psychology as a Science Rational vs. Empirical Approaches Soft Science vs. Har Science: What Makes Something Science What about Pseudosciences? Importance of Scientific Study the Objectives of Science Concluding Remarks CHAPTER 7 Spotting Bad Research Unethical Research Behavior Bad Research Design Replication Cards Chapter 8 Research Ethics Tuskegee Syphilis Study Willowbrook Hepatitis Experiments The Case of Henrietta Lacks Johnson's Monster Study The Stanford Prison Experiment CHAPTER 9 Scientific Writing: (Finding) the Research Article Title Page Title Running Head Exercise and Emotional Affect Valence in College Students Abstract Literature Review (or Introduction) Method Results Discussion Finding Research CHAPTER 10 Reading and Writing Research Reading Research Writing Research Finding Research CHAPTER 11 Editing The Reviewers The Reviews

Abstract

This book is an easy-to-read workbook that helps undergraduate students learn the basics about understanding research articles and arguments and begin the process themselves. This book uses critical thinking skill building to form the basis of successfully writing a literature review.

ISBN

9781524984366

Publisher

Kendall Hunt

An Introduction to Critical Thinking & Research Writing in the Social Sciences

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