PSYC 2001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Research
14 Jul 2020
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Each statistic is for a different study design and/or with different types of variables (we can learn this without looking at numbers/formulas) But we can see observable behaviors that indicate someone may be angry (hitting screaming, scolding: much of psychology uses observable behaviours (smiling) to understand unobservable constructs (emotions, sources of research ideas, common assumptions . In real world, there are usually several possible explanations for an outcome : example: research on older adults and cognitive functioning. Group 1 attended exercise classes, group 2 told not to exercise. Intuition is biased by faulty thinking: swayed by a good story . If you"ve heard something that sounded reasonable you may come to conclusions: persuaded by what comes easily to mind (availability heuristic) , failing to think about what we can not see (present bias) . Intuitive thinker vs. scientific reasoner: we make mistakes when we base our reasoning on intuition rather than science .
