PSYC 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Unobservable, Clinical Psychology, Internal Validity

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2001
• Professor: Deanna Whelan

Document Summary

But we can see observable behaviors that indicate someone may be angry (hitting screaming, scolding: much of psychology uses observable behaviours (smiling) to understand unobservable constructs (emotions, sources of research ideas, common assumptions . In real world, there are usually several possible explanations for an outcome : example: research on older adults and cognitive functioning. Group 1 attended exercise classes, group 2 told not to exercise. Intuition is biased by faulty thinking: swayed by a good story . If you"ve heard something that sounded reasonable you may come to conclusions: persuaded by what comes easily to mind (availability heuristic) , failing to think about what we can not see (present bias) . Intuitive thinker vs. scientific reasoner: we make mistakes when we base our reasoning on intuition rather than science . Sampling technique : variables (the what) ch 5 , what kind , how they are operationalized , how are they measured (reliability and validity) .