PSYCH 1100 Lecture Notes - Illusory Correlation, Confirmation Bias, Pseudoscience

• School: Lakehead University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1100
• Professor: Mike Moland

Document Summary

Psychology: the scientific study of the brain and human behaviour. Science is a method, a verb - not a noun, something that can be tested. Pseudoscience: something that presents itself as science but is not truly science. Confirmation bias: the tendency to look for evidence that confirms your belief and ignore the evidence that disconfirms it. It is important to look at why you might be wrong as well as why you"d be right. Illusory correlation: when you are led to believe something so you see it when it does not exist.