PSY 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Standard Deviation, Random Assignment, Dependent And Independent Variables

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Nigel Desouza

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Psychological science: people turn to psychology to satisfy their curiosity about others, others are intrigued by claims of psychological truth. How can we best use psychology to understand why people think, feel, and act as they do? . The need for psychological science: why are the answers that flow from the scientific approach more reliable than those based on intuition and common sense, some people don"t believe in psychology, others place their face in human intuition. I knew it all along phenomenon": common sense describes what has happened rather than what will happen. Overconfidence: we think we know more than we do, once people know an answer, hindsight makes it seem obvious. **hindsight bias and overconfidence often lead us to overestimate our intuition** Critical thinking: thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence and assesses conclusions: smart thinking, examines assumptions, discerns values, evaluates evidence and assesses conclusions.