PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hindsight Bias, Confirmation Bias, Cognitive Bias
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Thoughts vs. behaviours: thoughts, happiness, anger, depression, behaviours, dancing, altruistic (prosocial) behaviours, talking. Why is psychology important: psychology is a rigorous, scientific discipline, during research, we collect information about thoughts and behaviours thought intensive study = data, with this data, theories are developed to help understand predict and control behaviour. Usi(cid:374)g ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455), we ca(cid:374) : facilitate certain behaviours and thoughts, ex. Anxiety and depression: a lot of higher level psychologist stem from desire to understand their own illness, predict population events, ex. Planning for consumer habits during economic downturn using behavioural economics: difference in consumption behaviours - less spending etc. Psychology: where will it take you: most psychology graduates end up in clinical psychology due to greater pay and self-fuelled interests. Ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455): the (cid:862)hu(cid:271) (cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863: psychology is an intersectional science that connects to many disciplines. In western culture, women are often discouraged from publicly indulging in or even talking about their appetite (young et al.
