PSYC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The American Soldier, Critical Thinking, Confirmation Bias
22 Sep 2016
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Lectures = read modules 1 - 11. Seminars & projects = seminar participation, project de- scription, data collection. Read schraw & dennison (1994); summarize it. Mindtap = should be able to access. A wwii sociological study of the moral of black american. Stouffer, s. a. , buchmann, e. a. , devine, l. c. , star, s. a. , & Jr. (1949) the american soldier: adjustment during army life (vol 1). Most students agreed that the black soldiers would be more satisfied being stationed in the northern us military base. They might be happier because the northern was more tolerant for black soldiers. Not facing as much racism on base rather than living in the southern. An opinion is better with evidence to back it up. Southern base was actually better because off base was bet- ter than being on base at the northern end. Actually based on how happy you are (social theory) Truly informed opinion, a product of critical think- ing, is supported by.
