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:	Introduction
	Thinking Critically About the Internet and Social Isolation
Chapter 2:	Doing Social Psychology Research
	Statistics: How to Inoculate Yourself Against a Deadly Virus
Chapter 3:	The Social Self
	Thinking Critically About Self-Esteem
Chapter 4:	Perceiving Persons
	No exercises currently exist for this chapter.
Chapter 5:	Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
	Thinking Critically About Hate Crimes Legislation
Chapter 6:	Attitudes
	Thinking Critically About Subliminal Messages
Chapter 7:	Conformity
	Thinking Critically About Heaven's Gate
Chapter 8:	Group Processes
	Who Are the Greatest Leaders of Our Time?
Chapter 9:	Attraction and Close Relationships
	Critical Thinking About Love as an Addiction
Chapter 10:	Helping Others
	Thinking Critically About Altruism
Chapter 11:	Aggression
	Thinking Critically About Violent Entertainment
Chapter 12:	Law
	Thinking Critically About False Confessions
Chapter 13:	Business
	No exercises currently exist for this chapter.
Chapter 14:	Health
	Thinking Critically About Stress and Cancer