PSYB01H3 Lecture Notes - Stanley Coren, Eyewitness Testimony, Scientific Method
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Lecture 1 research methods the scientific approach. Psychology is the explicit study of how people think, feel and behave. Many themes and studies contained within the discipline. All of these disciplines concerned with fundamental issues of human experience. >interested in population (collecting data from control groups and/or society) >turn subjective ideas to objective issues by connecting data and turning them into concepts. >systematically measuring issues by taking away emotions & etc. Philosophy and humanities relies on experience and authority in the construction of our beliefs. Illustrate the limitations of non-scientific approach (and scientific approach) Teach scientific method as it applies to psychology. Teach how to write a research paper (research proposal/review) >methods we use in day to day world and in some other disciplines subject to numerous limitations. >tend to rely on personal experience, intuition, and opinions of authority figures. Seven limitations of personal experience: confirmation bias and discounting problem:
