PSYB04H3 Chapter 2: Sources of Information: Why Research Is Best and How To Find It
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Chapter 2: sources of information: why research is best and how to find it: the research vs. For instance, someone may say, "i"ve used tanning beds for 10 years. In real-world situations, there are several possible explanations for an outcome. Finally, all three groups of students were given a chance to get back at steve; in the course of playing a quiz game with him, students had the chance to blast. In such cases, you may be tempted to conclude: the research must be wrong: however, behavioural research is probabilistic, in which that its findings are not expected to explain all cases all of the time. Instead, the conclusions of research are meant to explain a certain proportion (preferably a high proportion) of the possible cases: the research vs. Intuition is another way we might reach a conclusion - using our hunches about what seems. It comes to mind easily, and we inflate the associated risk.
