PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Confirmation Bias, Availability Heuristic, Random Assignment

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

Document Summary

Different vantage points for analyzing behaviour and its causes. Six major perspectives in psychology: biological, cognitive, behavioural, psychodynamic, humanistic, sociocultural. Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes. Scientific: answering questions objectively based on observable facts and data and established methods. You cannot judge a book by its cover. Out of sight and out of mind. Confirmation bias ex 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, Availability heuristic ex are there more words in the english language that begin with the letter k or have the k as the third letter. The scientific method: guides how scientists should collect and analyze data, question (interest) Experimental design: battered woman"s syndrome example. landlords that rent to abused women. The researcher determines whether this variable produces changes in another variable. Reacher attempts to control for other factors. Seeks to establish a cause and effect variable. If you seem to be noticing that you have been passing gas.