PSYC105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Egocentrism, Extraversion And Introversion, Wishful Thinking
PSYCH105 – CRITICAL THINKING IN PSYCHOLOGY
Wk. 1 - Critical thinking skills
Reasoning
Evaluating
Problem solving
Decision-making
Analysing
Thinking critically
Thinking is a purposeful, organised cognitive process to
Make sense of the world
Make informed decisions
Solve problems
Achieve goals
Thinking critically involves examining the thinking process
Thinking about thinking (metacognitive)
Characteristics of a critical thinker
Thinks actively not passively
Flexible
Open minded
Sceptical – does not accept arguments and conclusions blindly (evidence)
Characteristics of a critical thinker
Tolerates uncertainty
Opinions based on evidence
Analyses own assumptions and biases
Avoids emotional reasoning
Avoids generalizing from anecdotes
Considers alternative explanations/POV
Independent thinkers
Ask questions that can be tested
Psychology is the scientific study of human behaviour and cognitive processes, it
examines how behaviour and cognition are affected by ones physical state, mental
state, and external environment.
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Scientific method:
Observation
Hypothesis
Experiment
Data analysis
Conclusion – modify theory, new hypothesis, modify experiment
Communicate results.
Scientific Attitude:
Curiosity
Scepticism
Intellectual Humility
Critical Thinking in Psychology
Methodological flaws – flaws in the study design, results etc.
Results
Conclusions – accurate, follow results and hypothesis
Alternative Explanations – luck/chance in results
Biases – cherry-picking data to support hypothesis.
Blooms Taxonomy of Questions
Fact
Interpretation
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation
Application
Questions of Fact
Who, what, where, when, how
Questions of Interpretation
- Look for relationships among ideas
Where does the research fit into the body of literature?
How does the research contribute to the literature?
How is the research different to the previous studies?
Are there alternative explanations for casual relationships?
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Document Summary
Thinking is a purposeful, organised cognitive process to. Sceptical does not accept arguments and conclusions blindly (evidence) Psychology is the scientific study of human behaviour and cognitive processes, it examines how behaviour and cognition are affected by ones physical state, mental state, and external environment. Conclusion modify theory, new hypothesis, modify experiment. Methodological flaws flaws in the study design, results etc. Conclusions accurate, follow results and hypothesis. Biases cherry-picking data to support hypothesis. Understand the relationship between parts of the text to the whole. For example marks added for defining key terms. It is predicted the number of parties attended is related to extraversion (this is too vague, provide time period, give the direction of the relationship-more or less parties attended, how are you measuring extraversion-bubbly personality/survey. It is predicted the more parties an individual attended in the last 12 months, the higher their extraversion score (precise and specific/ hd score)
