Ui baSIXTH EDITION “OW TO THINK STRAIGHT ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY, KEITH E. STANOVICH University of Toronto PBGGS 17 ALLYN AND BACON’ Bete dn en ee mLExecutive Editor. Rebecca Pascal Series Editorial Assistant: Whitney C. Brown Executive Marketing Manager: Caroline Croley Production Editor: Christopher H. Rawlings Editorial-Production Service: Omegatype Typography, Inc. Composition and Prepress Buyer: Linda Cox Manufacturing Buyer: Megan Cochran Cover Administrator: Jennifer Hart Electronic Composition: Omegatype Typography, Inc. a eS 'SG® Allyn & Bacon Se ‘A Pearson Education Company 2001 160 Gould Street Neesiham Heights, MA 02494 Copyright © 2001 by Keith E. Stanovich Internet: wwwabacon.com All rights reserved. No part ofthe material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright holder. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ‘Stanovich, Keith F. ‘How to think straight about psychology / Keith E. Stanovich. — 6th ed. Pp. em, Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0321-04713-3 (alk. paper) 1. Psychology—Research—Methodology. 2. Mass media—Psychological aspects. 3. Mass media—Objectivity. I. Title, BE76.5 $68 2001 150,72—dert 00-036183 Printed in the United States of America 987654321 05 04 03 02 01 00 To my parents, Betty and Mike Stanovich