PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: A Priori And A Posteriori, Doctor Of Psychology, Secondary Source
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We come up with information by conducting science. Psyd: not interested in science, just apply it. Become an informed and critical consumer of information. Know how to interpret information i. e. correlation does not mean causation. Reading things in newspapers, comes from a secondary source. Keeping current with research that is going on. Some are more sophisticated than others (least to greatest listen below) Beliefs that are impervious to contrary evidence or experiments. Tend to pay attention only to evidence that supports your belief. Could be good or bad, not letting go i. e. religion (positive, makes you feel good about yourself) Gathering information from an authoritative figure/ imposes beliefs on you. Tend to learn the most amount of information i. e. professor. Don"t always believe what you read- coming back to this. A priori method (meaning: before the fact) Beliefs that are agreeable to reason/use logic. Testing the belief, independent of the opinion.
