PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Empirical Research, Dependent And Independent Variables, Dissociative Identity Disorder
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Become a practitioner keep current with research going on. Most info comes from looking at things that go together and things that normally don"t go together yet randomly occur. Introduces us to different ways of thinking, multi-paradigmatic: Tenacity (stubborn) - least sophisticated, requires very little effort and energy, we all use it. Way of thinking where we really don"t have to think. Adopted a way of thinking and won"t let go of it. Tend to only pay attention to evidence that supports your beliefs. Even if there"s no evidence to support your belief ex. Authority way of thinking where you"re gathering information for an authoritative figure. Where we tend to learn the most amount of information. A priory beliefs that are agreeable to reason. Can have an a priory hypothesis and then testing it. Therefore it most likely leads us to the correct conclusion. Relies on logic, but must be tested independent of opinion.
