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Below is a list of books that we currently recommend for performing arts professionals: Sapolsky, Robert M. (1998). Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases and Coping. W.H. Freeman & Co., New York, ISBN: 0 7167 - 3210-6. Written by a professor of biology and neuroscience at Stanford, this book is some of the best layman's interpretation of technical material in print. Readers will understand how the same physiological responses to threat in the wilderness can turn into disasters when chronically provoked in psychosocial situations for humans. Sapolsky is one of the country's leading researchers on stress and stress-related illnesses. Stanovich, Keith E. (2006) How to Think Straight About Psychology. (8th ed.). Allyn & Bacon, ISBN: 0-205-36093-9. This book resents psychological topics such as falsifiability (having to show the possibility that one's work may be wrong) operationalism (how to state an elusive concept in numbers so it can be measured), experimental control, converging evidence, correlational vs. experimental studies, and statistics as tools for critical evaluation, providing the readers with a set of practical consumer skills to independently evaluate psychological claims. It d discusses psychology in the media and provides some consumer rules for dealing with it. One particular strength of the book is its presentation of how to tell true psychological research from pseudoscience,, which is an opportunity to gain critical thinking skills within the rich context of modern psychology. |