PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Operational Definition, Confounding, Psychological Science

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Psychology is very diverse (large scope: the need for psychological science. Why: a. 1 limits of intuition (misleading, a. 2 limits of common sense. Hind sight bias (i knew it all along phenomenon) Tendency makes us believe that we could have predicted the conclusion once it is determined: a. 3 overconfidence. We tend to be more sure and its accuracy than we should. We tend to over exaggerate and overestimate the accuracy of our knowledge. We think we are more accurate then we are (particularly experts) Tetlock: studies experts to see if their claims are true. Most claims are completely false: a. 4 illusory correlation. Definition: we tend to see a correlation between two variables when there is not a relationship. However, they have effects on our emotions, behaviors and cognition. You become more attentive to the information that supports your belief. You disregard any information that doesn"t supports your belief: a. 5 perceiving order in random events. We are uncomfortable with randomness and uncertainty.