50 GREAT MYTHS OF POPULAR PSYCHOLOGY - Scott O. Lilienfeld

Overview: This book uses common myths as a vehicle for exploring how to distinguish factual from fictional claims in popular psychology. It explores topics that readers will relate to, but often misunderstand, such as 'opposites attract', 'people use only 10% of their brains', and 'handwriting reveals your personality'. Besides the 50 great myths, the book also includes over 200 additional psychological myths for readers to explore and features a postscript of remarkable psychological findings that sound like myths but that are true.