The Thinking Critically activities are designed to help you sharpen your powers of critical examination by providing you with a framework for analyzing evidence before drawing conclusions. This skill is particularly useful when examining online materials from various sources. The framework is built around five questions that you will find useful in analyzing not only psychological research studies, but other forms of communication as well, including political speeches, advertising claims, and appeals for contributions.

Chapter 1:	Introducing Psychology
	How Psychologists Can Help In The War On Terrorism
Chapter 2:	Research in Psychology
	Statistics: How to Inoculate Yourself Against a Deadly Virus
Chapter 3:	Biological Aspects of Psychology
	No exercises currently exist for this chapter.
Chapter 4:	Sensation
	The Problem of Pain
Chapter 5:	Perception
	Inattention: Not Seeing What’s There
Chapter 6:	Learning
	No exercises currently exist for this chapter.
Chapter 7:	Memory
	Critical Thinking about Repressed Memories and Criminal Trials
	Thinking Critically About Eyewitnesses
Chapter 8:	Cognition and Language
	Critically Thinking About Language
Chapter 9:	Consciousness
	Thinking Critically About The Addicted Brain
	Thinking Critically About Why We Sleep
Chapter 10:	Cognitive Abilities
	Critical Thinking About Creativity And Madness
	Thinking Critically About Practical And Emotional Intelligence
Chapter 11:	Motivation and Emotion
	Who Are the Greatest Leaders of Our Time?
	Would You Trust Your Life to a Lie Detector Test Result?
Chapter 12:	Human Development
	Thinking Critically: The Development of a Criminal
	The Development of a Criminal: Critical Thinking About the Origins of Violence
	What Does It Take to Make a Child into a Killer?
Chapter 13:	Health, Stress, and Coping
	How Psychologists Can Help People Recover From Heart Attacks
	Thinking Critically About Stress And Cancer
Chapter 14:	Personality
	Can a Personality Test Predict How Well You Will Do on the Job?
Chapter 15:	Psychological Disorders
	Neurotransmitters and Addictions—What’s the Connection?
	Thinking Critically About Addictions
	What Characteristics Do All Addictions Share?
Chapter 16:	Treatment of Psychological Disorders
	No exercises currently exist for this chapter.
Chapter 17:	Social Cognition
	No exercises currently exist for this chapter.
Chapter 18:	Social Influence
	Critical Thinking about Love as an Addiction
	Thinking Critically About Altruism
	What Can We Learn from Cults?