PSYCH 1000 Quiz: Psych exam 1
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Psychological science: psychological science is the study through research of mind, brain, and behavior, mind refers to mental activity; perceptual experiences (sights, smells, tastes, sounds, and touches), responsible for memories, thoughts, and feelings. Chapter 1: brain mental activity results from biological processes within the brain, behavior describes the totality of observable human/animal actions. Psychological science teaches critical thinking: amiable skepticism openness and wariness (caution). Remains open to new ideas but is wary of new scientific findings when evidence and reasoning don"t support them: critical thinking systematically question and evaluate information using well-supported evidence. Psychological reasoning: psychological reasoning using psychological research to examine how people typically think, to understand when and why they are like to draw erroneous (wrong) conclusions, major biases: Confirmation bias (ignoring evidence) don"t believe everything you think. People show strong agreement on evidence that supports their beliefs. ) examine sources of the information we receive. Misunderstanding/not using statistics (going with your gut) gambling/relying on.
