PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes -American Psychological Association, Animal Ethics, Informed Consent

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Personnel interviews tend to be overconfident of their gut feelings about job applicants. Their confidence stems partly from their recalling cases where their favorable impression proved right, and partly from their ignorance about rejected applicants who succeeded elsewhere. Those who trust their own wits are fools . Hindsight bias: tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it (i-knew-it-all-along phenomenon) Such errors in our recollections and explanations show why we need psychological research. We tend to think we know more than we do. Sequences that are random often don"t appear random. Scientific inquiry can help us sift reality from illusion. Critical thinking: thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions. The scientific attitude prepares us to think smarter; smart thinking, called critical thinking.