PSY 205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Claude Steele, Psychological Science, Psy
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Not individuals, but members of a group. Stereotypes: simplistic beliefs about what group members are like. Affect people: people tend to perform less well. Affect the mind: create mental distractions and feelings of anxiety that interfere with the thinking process needed to perform well on tests. Affect the brain: activate brain regions that generate emotional reactions, rather than brain regions that contribute to good test performance. Rely on evidence gathered through scientific research. There is no one type of job that encompasses being a psychologist . Common: commitment to the methods of science; test ideas scientifically. Intuition (spontaneous insights and hunches ) and its limits. Relied on when first formulating an idea. Scientific methods - a broad array of procedures through which scientists obtain information about the world. Scientific methods involve three key steps: collect evidence, record observations systematically, and record how observations were made (replication: to repeat the procedures in order to verify the original results)
