Dana S. Dunn

Regan A. R. Gurung

R. Eric Landrum

Susan A. Nolan

Maureen A. McCarthy

Everyday Applications of Psychological Science explores several core areas of psychology, showing readers how to apply these principles to everyday situations in order to better their understanding of human behavior and improve their quality of life. The authors of this book, who are award-winning educators of psychology, have culled and collated the best practical research-based advice that psychological science can offer in an easy-to-read and digestible format. Lively and peppered with anecdotes, this book explores topical areas normally found in introductory psychology books but do so in a way that makes psychological science practical, accessible, and relevant to our readers. In Everyday Applications of Psychological Science, the best science that psychology has to offer is translated into life hacks that are applicable to improving readers’ physical health, mental health, psychological wealth, relationships, and happiness. Everyday Applications of Psychological Science is vital reading for those interested in learning more about the field of psychology more generally and how aspects of it can be applied to daily life. Our approach may be of particular interest to current and prospective undergraduate students of psychology and those interested in learning more about mental health issues.

Hacks to Happiness and Health

Everyday Applications of Psychological Science

Thomas Heinzen

Scott Lilienfeld

Can a horse really do arithmetic? For a time a great many people thought so, enthralled by the exploits of Clever Hans, a horse that could seemingly answer any question about mathematics, language, and music with stomps of his hoof. Even as celebrated scientists endeavored to discover Hans’s secret, people were perfectly comfortable believing something no rational mind should have accepted. How is that possible? In The Horse That Won’t Go Away, Tom Heinzen, Scott Lilienfeld, and Susan Nolan explore the confounding story of Clever Hans and how we continue to be deceived by beliefs for which there is no supporting logic or evidence. From Clever Hans, to the unsupported claims that facilitated communication could allow persons with autism to communicate, to the exaggerated fear of many parents that their child may be kidnapped (the odds of such an event are astronomical), the authors show just how important it is to rely on the scientific method as we navigate our way through everyday life. The Horse That Won’t Go Away is available as a separate volume or packaged with any Worth psychology textbook. For more information, contact your local Worth representative. "What would you do if you encountered evidence that contradicted one of your deeply held beliefs? You'd change your mind, of course, right? Wrong. What psychological science has revealed-lucidly and poignantly demonstrated in this marvelous book on how thinking goes wrong-is that we are all deeply flawed and biased reasoners, bending evidence to fit our beliefs and preconceptions. By retelling the famous story of Clever Hans, and connecting it to major myths of our time, The Horse That Won't Go Away is destined to become a classic in scientific literature and should be assigned to every course in critical thinking, along with every politician in Washington." -Michael Shermer, author of Why People Believe Weird Things "A terrific illustration (and, to a degree, an examination) of some of the most common causes of faulty judgment, anchored in two very compelling case studies." -Thomas D. Gilovich, Irene Blecker Rosenfeld Professor of Psychology, Cornell University, and author of How We Know What Isn't So "This is a marvelous book. It's like a great performance of a Beethoven symphony. The authors hit every note perfectly." -Terence Hines, Professor of Psychology, Pace University, and author of Pseudoscience and the Paranormal

The Horse That Won't Go Away

Susan A. Nolan

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