PSYB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Indo, Review Article, Availability Heuristic
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Lec 1 - introduction to the course, sources of information. Psychological science based on research by psychologists. They are empiricists base their conclusions on systematic observations. Develop the ability to read about research with curiosity understand it, learn from it, and ask questions about it. Most of the information you come across in everyday life present info based on research. Only some of this research is accurate and useful. Being a good consumer of research can be crucial to your career. Example: clinical psychologists, social workers, and family therapists must read research to know which therapies are most effective. Evidence-based treatments: therapies that are supported by research. Using evidence from the senses or from instruments that assist the senses as the basis for conclusions. Aim to make their work independently verifiable by other observers or scientists. In the cycle, scientists collect data to test, change, or update their theories. First ask questions that are guided by your theory.
