<i>50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology</i> uses popular myths as a vehicle for helping students and laypersons to distinguish science from pseudoscience. <ul> <li>Uses common myths as a vehicle for exploring how to distinguish factual from fictional claims in popular psychology <li>Explores topics that readers will relate to, but often misunderstand, such as &#8220;opposites attract,&#8221;&#160; &#8220;people use only 10% of their brains,&#8221; and handwriting reveals your personality <li>Provides a &#8220;mythbusting kit&#8221; for evaluating folk psychology claims in everyday life <li>Teaches essential critical thinking skills through detailed discussions of each myth <li>Includes over 200 additional psychological myths for readers to explore<br> Contains an Appendix of useful Web Sites for examining psychological myths <li>Features a postscript of remarkable psychological findings that sound like myths but that are true <li>Engaging and accessible writing style that appeals to students and lay readers alike </ul>