PNB 3RM3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Public Knowledge, Exposure Therapy, Confirmation Bias
7 Oct 2020
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Reading 1 chapter 1 (the science of psychology) Mehl et al: tested the theory to see if women actually talk more than men: results: extremely small different that could be explained by chance (women approx. Psychology: the scientific study of human behaviour and mental processes. What all the sciences have in common is a general approach to understanding the natural world: psychology = a science because it takes this general approach to understanding one certain aspect of the world: human behaviour. Scientific approach has 3 fundamental features: (1) systematic empiricism. Generally conducted by people with doctoral degrees (doctors of philosophy) and master"s degrees in psychology / related fields. Majority of these people are college / university faculty who often collaborate with their graduate and undergraduate students. The broader purposes of scientific research in psychology. Scientific research can be classified as one of two things: applied, basic.
