PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Santa Barbara City College, Confirmation Bias, Psych
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: the scientific study of behaviour, thought, and experiences and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social, and environmental factors. Scientific: answering questions objectively based on observable facts, data and established methods. Mental processes: thoughts, feelings, sensations, perceptions, motivations, dreams, subjective experiences. Perspectives on behaviour: biological, cognitive, behavioural, sociocultural. Confirmation bias: the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one"s existing beliefs or theories. Availability heuristic: a mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person"s mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision. Intuitive physics: an idea that makes us believe some ideas are right even though they may not be. Guides how scientists should collect and analyze data. System designed to help the scientific process remain accurate and objective as possible. The researcher determines whether this variable produces changes in another variable. Researcher attempts to control for other factors. Seeks to establish a cause and effect relationship.
