PSYC 1000 Final: psych 1100 final exam notes - summary of all the lecture notes.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Hank Davis

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Psychology 1100 lecture summaries 2011 hank davis. *science is self-correcting and doubt is a good thing, although people see it as negative! *plural of antidote is note evidence just because more than one person has said they"ve seen a ghost doesn"t mean ghost exist* Astrology- horoscopes very board and can apply to anyone *gullibility kills * heterodox- holding orthodox beliefs. **the people you chose when doing research should be a wide range of people** Three types of research: a)descriptive methods surveys/questionaries" b)observational/field studies watch and take notes. Heisenberg uncertainty principle: can"t observe something without changing it. Observer"s bias and reliability of sample: observer always a pre-designed bias: correlational studies prediction vs. explanation: interested in relationship between two things i. e. height and weight, explains strength and depth of relationship. *negative correlations are useful and very predictable [large negative correlation is always most predictable: experimental studies group comparisons. *double lined procedure- neither the experimenter or the volunteer know which they are.