PSY 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Skeptical Movement, Belief Perseverance, Popular Psychology
17 Apr 2016
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Popular psychology industry sprawling network of everyday sources of information about human behaviour. Although common sense can be enormously useful for some purposes, it"s sometimes completely wrong. Na ve realism belief that we see the world precisely as it is or that seeing is believing. Disinterestedness attempt to be objective when evaluating the evidence which means that scientists should try not to be influenced by personal or financial investments in their research. Confirmation bias tendency to seek out evidence that supports our hypotheses and neglect or distort evidence that contradicts them. Belief perseverance tendency to stick to our initial beliefs even when evidence contradicts them. Scientific theory explanation for a large number of findings in the natural world. Hypothesis testable prediction derived from a theory. Scientific scepticism approach of evaluating all claims with an open mind but insisting on persuasive evidence before accepting them. Pathological scepticism tendency to dismiss any claims that contradict our beliefs.
