PSYC 217 Lecture Notes - Proactiv, Pseudoscience, Illusory Correlation
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2 see if these programs are efficient and meet their goals. If not they should move funding to another project. Goal 2: describe the scientific approach to learning about behavior, and contrast it with pseudo scientific research. Methods of acquiring knowledge: intuition- common beliefs & conclusions that comes from life observations of the world around us. Ex: finding love as soon as u stop looking for it. (personal judgment/experience cognitive and motivational biases affect our perceptions, hence we draw invalid conclusions ). Illusory correlation- cognitive bias that occurs when we focus on two events that stand out and occur together: authority- listening and accepting information from the news & powerful figures. Believing that statements from such authorities must be true. Scientific approach rejects intuition and authority, it requires more evidence before making conclusions : scientific approach (empiricism & skepticism)- scientists are skeptical. Skepticism means that ideas must be evaluated on the basis of accurate methods and results from scientific investigations.