PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canadian Psychological Association, Little Albert Experiment, George Santayana

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

Anecdotal evidence: an individual"s story or testimony used as evidence. Appeal to authority: the belief in an expert"s claim without supporting data or scientific evidence. Appeal to common sense: a claim that appears to make sense , but lacks supporting scientific evidence. Convenience samples: samples of individuals who are the most readily available. Demand characteristics: inadvertent cues given off by the experimenter or the experimental context that provides information about how participants are expected to behave. Ecological validity: the results of a laboratory study can be applied to or repeated in the natural environment. Fully conscious people completely unable to move or communicate. We can put someone who we suspect has this syndrome into an mri scanner and get them to think about different things. Can you understand me - if yes, think about tennis. Easy to distinguish the answer looking at neural activity and using computer analysis. Little albert experiment - not a very ethical experiment.