PSY 101 Lecture 2: Lecture 1,2, part 1 of 3
12 Feb 2017
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Making hypotheses (predictions: prevents from hindsight bias. Hindsight bias: tendency that once you"ve learned a fact you"ve known it all along. Testing them against empirical evidence: so beliefs aren"t just about going along with your intuitions. People"s intuition about human behavior/human mind is typically wrong. Methods of data collection: direct observation, surveys, indirect observation. Naturalistic (direct) observation: watch enactment of behavior being studied in a real life situation, example: rates of hand washing, 1/6 men wash their hands. **but we still need to test the mind. Survey: you can ask questions, ask to report thoughts, in person, on the phone, internet (methods, example: polls, there are some limitations on surveys, we depend on people remembering, example: testing depression on a scale. Summarizing data (the use of stats: descriptive stats, correlational. Indirect observation: reliable indicators of what a person may be thinking, make inferences from there, detect thoughts by actions.
