PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hindbrain, Myelencephalon, Endorphins

• School: UW
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 101
• Professor: Voorhies

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Often associated with advertising or consumer manipulation: guidelines for critical thinking, define terms (don"t be intimidated by jargon watch out for words being used to distract readers from lack of evidence or shaky conclusions, examine the evidence, analyze assumptions and biases (don"t just trust a source because you"ve used it before, or because the website looks professional, etc. , avoid emotional reasoning, do not oversimplify, consider other interpretations, tolerate uncertainty (watch out for sources that speak in absolutes) Laboratory: correlation research examines the relationship between variables, positive correlation, negative correlation, no correlation, does not determine causation, experimental research determines causation how one variable affects another, independent variable what is controlled/manipulated, dependent variable what is measured, experiments compare randomly assigned groups. Informed consent: use of deception, right to withdraw, animal use, animals are used in studies that cannot be done on humans for ethical or practical reasons, all animal research is carefully monitored by federal and institutional animal care committees.