Título: Critical thinking in college students: evaluation of their beliefs in popular psychological myths
Autor: Gonzalez-Cuevas, Gustavo; Alonso Rodriguez, Marcos; Nogales Cuellar, Valeria
Resumen: [EN] The purpose of this study was to evaluate the degree of acceptance of
psychological myths in undergraduate students in Health Sciences. Our
results showed that first-year Psychology students believed more myths than
did the other first-year Health Sciences students (Medicine, Dentistry, and
Optics and Optometry). Third-year Psychology students drastically reduced
their beliefs in myths in comparison with first-year Psychology students
(Cohen’s d=1.7). Overall, we found a gender effect, being women less
gullible than men in believing in myths. Age did not account for differences in
myth acceptance. All in all, these results suggest that beginning Psychology
students seem to accept more myths than other first-year Health Sciences
students regarding psychological misconceptions. However, college exposure
in Psychology students may favor critical thinking by diminishing myth
beliefs.
