PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sex Organ, Representativeness Heuristic, Nocebo
22 Feb 2017
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P s ychology; the s cientific s tudy of the mind, brain, and behaviour. P s ychology is difficult to s tudy. Levels of psychological analysis (lower levels -more biological influences , higher levels -more s ocial influences ) Involves relating to others and pers onal relations hips. Involves feeling s , thoug hts , and. Scientific theory: explanation for a large number of findings in the natural world, by generating predictions / hypothes is : tes table prediction derived from a s cientific theory. Belief perseverance: tendency to s tick to our initial belief even when evidence contradicts them. Metaphysical claims: as s ertions about the world that we cannot tes t (may be right, may be wrong-uns ure) S cientis ts s hould be aware that they might be wrong. *p s ychology relies on s cience, not intuition or common s ens e to prevent fooling*
