PSYC 102 Lecture : Psych 102 Class notesssss.docx
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Scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Scientific study of how people think (cognition) feel (emotion) and act (behavior) Some examples where reasoning often goes wrong. Precipitates in 8 weeks of anxiety reduction mental reprogramming. We cant know what causes what without carefully controlled studies. We cant trust testimonials from people even honest people, even from our friend and family, even if they mean well. Given random data, we look for order and meaningful events. The mother of all biases- we attend to what we agree with and ignore what we don"t. Example: study on attitudes towards capital punishment, study on psychiatrists making diagnoses. People who has phds or other advanced degrees. Phrenology example no relationship between shape and bump of the skull. When it comes to knowing truth : we cant trust our own personal experience, cant trust smart people, we cant trust the opinions of our friends, relatives and loved ones.
