PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Type I And Type Ii Errors, Cognitive Dissonance, Scientific Misconceptions
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Continuous doubt, scepticism- always potential to be disproven. True- best we have at the time, can change. Success of theory depends on evidence, not popular support. Technique for discovery of the nature of the world. Parts of body correlate to other parts, emotions, etc. Vs ramachandran phantom limb pain (cid:862)k(cid:374)o(cid:449)i(cid:374)g (cid:449)here to s(cid:272)rat(cid:272)h(cid:863) Someone in power says it right- gives it false credibility. Eg acupuncture, feet thing, etc: anti-aging contains sunscreen, natural, chemical free. Science v technology: technology as applied science, language, knowledge base, constructs/concepts as toole, pre-scientific v scientific. Indian prana: science hypotheses must be falsifiable. Internal conflict plays key role in distress: unconscious forces can influence behaviour, early childhood experiences can be important, people use defence mechanisms, chelmsford case study, deep sleep therapy used 1962-79, 26 patients were killed. Justification: to fix a car, you need to stop engine> same for a brain, forced comas, evidence based medicine/studies v scientifically based med/studies.
