PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Confirmation Bias, Confounding, Random Assignment

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

Document Summary

What is psychology- the scientific study of behaviour and mental process. Scientific- using data, observations, and methods to answer questions. Should be able to find our answers through facts. Mental process- feelings, sensations, perceptions etc. things you can"t observe but things that can be talked about. Psychology- the scientific study of behavior, thought, and experience and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social, and environmental factors. Taking a different perspective helps you be critical. Different vantage points for analyzing behaviour and causes. Cognitive- how we think affects how we think and behave. Sociocultural- environment we grow up in, people we surround ourselves with. 2,4,6 (confirmation bias) think outside the box you created. More words that begin with k or have k as the third letter (availability heuristic) we think about our first answer. Dropping a bomb, before, after, or right on. (intuitive physics) Guides how scientists should collect and analyze data.