PSY 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Scatter Plot, Thalamus, Internal Validity

• School: Temple University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1001
• Professor: Robert W.Weisberg

Document Summary

Prefrontal lobotomy - effective treatment for schizophrenia; cut fibers that connect frontal lobe and thalamus; scientists who believed in this never conducted systematic research. Malcolm gladwell said our first impressions can be accurate. Daniel kahneman calls this system 1 thinking or intuitive thinking. System 2 thinking/ analytical thinking - slow and reflective; takes effort; figure out problems; can override intuitive thinking. When we acquire complex habits or skills, we start with analytical thinking and then progress to intuitive thinking ex: learning to drive a car. Research designs force us to use analytical thinking. Science can be viewed as a toolbox of skills designed to counteract our. Naturalistic observation: studying humans in the wild tendency to fool ourselves. Provine and laughing experiment; women laugh more than men, Extent to which we can draw cause and speakers laugh more than listeners real-world settings effect inferences (no control over variables) Case study designs: getting to know you.