Critical thinking coverage can be found on the following pages:

A scientific model for studying psychology, pp. 174–175

Are intelligence tests biased?, pp. 251–252

Are personality tests able to predict behavior?, p. 362

Attachment style, development of, pp. 83–86

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), p. 377

Can memories of childhood sexual abuse be repressed and then recovered?, p. 214

Causation and the violence-viewing effect, pp. 189–190

Classifying psychological disorders, pp. 379–380

Confirmation bias, p. 223

Continuity vs. stage theories of development, pp. 68–69

Correlation and causation, pp. 16–17, 87, 92, 101

Critical thinking defined, p. 8

Critiquing the evolutionary perspective on sexuality, pp. 126–127

Discovery of hypothalamus reward centers, p. 42

Do lie detectors lie?, p. 276

Do other species have language?, pp. 236–237

Do other species share our cognitive abilities?, pp. 230–231

Do video games teach, or release, violence?, p. 334

Does meditation enhance health?, pp. 300–301

Effectiveness of alternative psychotherapies, p. 428

Emotion and the brain, pp. 37, 39–42

Emotional intelligence, p. 240

Evolutionary science and human origins, pp. 128–129

Extrasensory perception, pp. 162–163

Fear of flying vs. probabilities, p. 225

Freud’s contributions, pp. 355–357

Gender bias in the workplace, p. 110

Genetic and environmental influences on schizophrenia, pp. 403–404

Group differences in intelligence, pp. 248–252

Hindsight bias, pp. 11–12

How do nature and nurture shape prenatal development?, pp. 70–72

How do twin and adoption studies help us understand the effects of nature and nurture?, pp. 74–75

How does the brain process language?, pp. 234–235

How much is gender socially constructed vs. biologically influenced?, pp. 111–115

How valid is the Rorschach inkblot test?, p. 355

Human curiosity, pp. 2, 3

Humanistic perspective, evaluating, p. 359

Hypnosis: dissociation or social influence?, pp. 157–158

Importance of checking fears against facts, p. 225

Interaction of nature and nurture in overall development, p. 68

Is dissociative identity disorder a real disorder?, pp. 407–408

Is psychotherapy effective?, pp. 426–427

Is repression a myth?, p. 356

Limits of case studies, naturalistic observation, and surveys, p. 16

Limits of intuition, pp. 10–12

Nature, nurture, and perceptual ability, pp. 151–152

Overconfidence, pp. 12, 226

Parenting styles, p. 87

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pp. 382–383

Powers and limits of parental involvement on development, pp. 93–94

Powers and perils of intuition, pp. 227–228

Problem-solving strategies, pp. 222–223

Psychic phenomena, pp. 3, 162–163

Psychology: a discipline for critical thought, pp. 11, 14, 16

Religious involvement and longevity, pp. 301–302

Scientific attitude, p. 3

Scientific method, pp. 12–14

Sexual desire and ovulation, p. 116

Similarities and differences in social power between men and women, pp. 109, 110

Stress and cancer, p. 290

Stress and health, p. 292

Subliminal sensation and persuasion, p. 136

Technology and “big data” observations, p. 15

The divided brain, pp. 48–50

Therapeutic lifestyle change, p. 431

The stigma of introversion, p. 361

The Internet as social amplifier, p. 326

Using more than 10 percent of our brain, p. 46

Using psychology to debunk popular beliefs, p. 8

Values and psychology, pp. 21–23

What does selective attention teach us about consciousness?, pp. 51–53

What factors influence sexual orientation?, pp. 121–124

What is the connection between the brain and the mind?, p. 38

Wording effects, pp. 15–16