PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Availability Heuristic, Hindsight Bias, Confirmation Bias

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

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Definition: the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes. Scientific; answering questions objectively based on observable facts, data and established methods. Mental processes: thoughts feelings, sensations, perceptions, motivations, dreams, and subjective experiences. You cant judge a book by its cover. Our common sense conflicts, first three conflict second 3. Only ask question to confirm what we already think we know, we need to ask questions for things we don"t know to get the right answer. Are there more words in the english language that begin with k or that have k as the third letter. Hindsight bias- after i tell you the answer you think you knew it all along. Perceived order in random events- we think we see patterns when there isn"t one.