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Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human 40 reviews
Matt Ridley
HarperCollins, 2003
Nature through Nurture through Nature in an Endless Series of Adaptations
+ Clarifying ideas!!!
+ An interesting, light read
+ Sheds light on various nature versus nurture arguments
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The Great Ideas of Clinical Science: 17 Principles That Every Mental Health Professional Should Understand
Brunner-Routledge, 2006
The idea that there is a fundamental rift between researchers and practitioners should not come as a surprise to anyone familiar with the current literature, trends, and general feelings in the field of clinical psychology. Central to this scientist-practitioner gap is an underlying disagreement over the nature of knowledge, namely that while researchers point to empirical studies as the ...
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Consciousness Explained 100 reviews
Daniel C. Dennett
Back Bay Books, 1992
I FILLED THIS BOX BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME SO. ~Shakey
+ One of the best books with so much inside
Instead of the normal yay or nay review I'll post a few quotes that touch on the underlying theme of this book and the problem it deals with.
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The problem with consciousness:
"I'm writing a book on magic." I explain, and I'm asked, "Real magic?" By /real magic/ people mean miracles, ...
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Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology 7 reviews
The Guilford Press, 2002
A Must Read for People on Both Sides
+ Well written, but may be missing something.
+ Clarity
+ Timely exploration of controversial topics
+ The "James Randi" of Psychology
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Genes in Conflict: The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements 6 reviews
Austin Burt, Robert Trivers
Belknap Press, 2006
Fascinating
+ Excellent and exhaustive coverage of the subject
+ Holding it all together
+ Rich book but...
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How the Mind Works166 reviews
Steven Pinker
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
Steven Pinker vs. Robert Wright: Who said what first?
+ Great Fun!
+ A Logical Mind Interprets and Sees a Logical Mind
+ A treatise on evolutionary psychology
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Studying the Clinician: Judgment Research and Psychological Assessment 4 reviews
Howard N. Garb
American Psychological Association (APA), 1998
Here are some recommendations of other readers...
+ Garb's book is the definitive work on clinical judgment.
I can't tell you how pleased and excited I was to have an opportunity to read the original manuscript of what will undoubtedly be one of the most important books in clinical psychology for the next decade or so. This, I predict, will be a classic. -JERRY S. WIGGINS, PHD Emeritus Professor of ...
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Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs18 reviews
Jerry Avorn
Vintage, 2005
Compelling, Insightful and Timely
+ Spectacular reveal of Prescription World
+ good suggestions to solve the health cost problem
One of those rare productions that provides insight into the discipline while holding the interest of the reader. A must read for anyone involved in the health care industry.
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies1075 reviews
Jared Diamond
W. W. Norton, 2005
A profound and lasting classic
+ History; It's What's for Dinner
+ Fascinating!
+ Great subject and treatment - shakey science
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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature200 reviews
Steven Pinker
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
Nature vs. Nurture
+ Excellent
+ This Will Change You (Nature v. Nurture)
+ One of the best books ever
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Darwin's Ghost: The Origin of Species Updated45 reviews
Steve Jones
Ballantine Books, 2001
Not a good read.
I tend to agree with criticism presented in previous reviews.
I found "Darwin's Ghost" (my first attempt to learn more about Darwin and recent progress on his evolution theory) rather difficult to read. Certain fragments are very interesting and even shocking to the layman (just for example: ...
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The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author290 reviews
Richard Dawkins
Oxford University Press, USA, 2006
Possibly my favorite read of all time
+ Neo-Darwinian Genetic Evolution of Altruism and Social Behaviour that shook Group Selectionists
+ Dissecting "The Selfish Gene"
Wow. When I finished this book, I did something I had never done before: I read the same book again. The second time through, I underlined things and scribbled thoughts on the inside covers and in the margins and wrote emails to friends about questions forming in my mind. After that second pass, ...
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Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind95 reviews
V. S. Ramachandran, Sandra Blakeslee
Harper Perennial, 1999
engaging and intrguing
+ An Exciting and Entertaining Foray into the Mind
+ Are there phantoms in our brain or is our self a phantom?
+ Good for those considering Cognitive Science as a major
+ And the point is....
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A Paul Meehl Reader: Essays on the Practice of Scientific Psychology (Multivariate Applications) ...1 review
Niels G. Waller; et al
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006
wealth of information; the reality of brilliance
great source of ideas from one of the great scientists of our - or any other - time. one of its virtues - i suppose - is that it does allow the knowledgable reader to see that even the best (like Einstein on politics or Newton on alchemy) can be also astonishingly naive, on rare occasions. ...
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions118 reviews
Thomas S. Kuhn
University Of Chicago Press, 1996
Not Just for Those Interested in Science
+ Scientific Revolutions
+ Review of Kuhn
+ Exciting, elevated, and encouraging (to would be researchers)
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Bad Medicine: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Distance Healing to Vitamin O (Wiley bad science ...24 reviews
Christopher Wanjek
Wiley, 2002
interesting, readable, funny
+ Better than I expected - and funny.
+ Bad Medicine - Good Book
Some reviewers were a little skeptical about the author, but a quick search on google will show that he is indeed qualified to write about medicine.
But about the book: I found this book to be written in a very readable and easy to understand way. Many times I chuckled outloud at the authors ...
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark402 reviews
Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
Ballantine Books, 1997
Don't believe Fundamentalist Propaganda!
+ Sagan is one of the greatest of Americans
+ Skepticism as a tool to protect our freedoms
+ A Classic About How Science Does (and Does Not) Work!
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How To Think Straight About Psychology (8th Edition)10 reviews
Keith E. Stanovich
Allyn & Bacon, 2007
EXCELLENT - must read for anyone into psycholgy
+ Good Read
+ Must for psychology student
+ Gen. Psych. textbook = steak, This book = good brown gravy!
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The Logic of Scientific Discovery (Routledge Classics)17 reviews
Karl Popper
Routledge, 2002
Very interesting
+ The most Spirited Attack on the method of Induction yet devised
+ Essential Reading
+ A philosphical classic
+ Popper's magnum opus
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House of Cards12 reviews
Robyn Dawes
Free Press, 1996
Defining "Psychology" (and Diagnoses) Down
+ Behavior Analyst
+ House of Cards
+ All counselors read this book!!!
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