PSYCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Frontal Lobe, Phineas Gage

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Psychology & Brain Sciences
• Course: PSYCH 100
• Professor: Tammy Rahhal

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Not just common sense; people tend to be overconfident in knowledge. Can come up with hypothesis due to dissatisfaction with other people"s theories. Example: respected scholar claimed women were genetically at a disadvantage in terms of skill in math and science. In disagreement, they launched an experiment which ultimately concluded that there was no such disadvantage. Another way to form a hypothesis is having further questions after reading about research. Example: if you are studying while chewing gum, you will do better if you also chew gum during the test. People formed a new hypothesis by questioning if this was true of other substances or states of being (like listening to music) Questions answered nature of phenomenon knowing x can you predict y experimental is x a cause of y. Nature of behavior or phenomenon (case studies, observations, and surveys) Case study- examine one person in depth to understand human nature in general.