PSYCH 10 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Memory, Dog, Test Cricket
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Sona subject pool: need 6 credits: experiments or abstract courtneyclark@ucla. edu. Psychology: the scientific investigation of behavior and mental processes: behavior observable actions of humans and animals, mental processes: the mind, private inner experiences, perceptions, thoughts (decision making), memories, feelings. Hindsight bias: belief that an outcome was foreseeable (after it has occurred: (cid:862)k(cid:374)e(cid:449) it all alo(cid:374)g(cid:863) effe(cid:272)t, findings seem obviously once we know them. The e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)t (cid:271)li(cid:374)d spot: o(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:455)ou k(cid:374)o(cid:449) the a(cid:374)s(cid:449)e(cid:396), it"s i(cid:373)possi(cid:271)le to (cid:396)e(cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396) (cid:449)hat it felt like to (cid:374)ot know: what we know about the world affects our perceptions of it. The (cid:862)ba(cid:396)(cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:863) effe(cid:272)t(cid:863): if (cid:455)ou gi(cid:448)e people a list of (cid:448)ague (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)teristics, people will strongly identify with them even when everyone can say it is them: shown in astrology. Can uncover stuff from the unconscious to fix the present-day problems. What (cid:373)akes a good : theory, falsifiable be able to have some evidence that could prove you wrong, only as complex as needed, hypothesis, specific.
