PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Richard Feynman, Naturalistic Observation, Confirmation Bias
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Introduction jan 5 definition: scientific study of bmp. How we think (cognitive), feel (emotional), and act (behavioural) goals: We cannot know what causes what, without carefully controlled studies. Personal experience does not = valid evidence. Our best protection against sloppy thinking & human reasoning unfailing method. Common traps: correlation not = causation (think about all plausible reasons for correlation, order in random events: random data, look for order in meaningful events, confirmation bias: atte(cid:374)d to what we ag(cid:396)ee w/, a(cid:374)d ig(cid:374)o(cid:396)e what we do(cid:374)"t. Ca(cid:396)l aga(cid:374): (cid:862) (cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e is a u(cid:374)i(cid:395)ue (cid:373)i(cid:454) of ope(cid:374)(cid:374)ess a(cid:374)d skepti(cid:272)is(cid:373). (cid:863) Vocab: theory e. g. low self-esteem feeds depression, hypothesis e. g. people w/ low self-esteem score higher on depression scale, research/observations e. g. administer tests, look for correlation, generate or refine the theory inaccurate beliefs discredited, replaced w/ accurate beliefs. Scientific studies: descriptive purpose: careful and accurate description methods:
