Psychology 2320A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Intellectual Disability, Electrophysiology, Psychopathology
23 Feb 2013
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Research = systematic way of finding answers to questions. Ppl working with children tend to have biased opinions on their own beliefs which might lead to interpreting info incorrectly. Simple explanations may appeal to parents/teachers cuz it promises a quick fix for a complex problem. Important: it is the accumulation of findings, not one study, that advances the field. When science is ignored or dismissed, there are things like facilitated communication that although controversial can help e. g. with holding child"s hand over keys of computer doesn"t influence what key to press but rather helps them press it. It is a pseudoscience very unprofessional cuz it doesn"t help the child improve and dismisses scientific theory the diff b/t scientific and pseudoscientific claims are not based on evidence or not but rather the. Quality of the evidence, how it was obtained, etc. Science admits when wrong and is open to change.
