PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Fall 2018 Lecture 5 - Statistical significance, Random assignment, Scatter plot
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Intuition and common sense may aid queries, but they are not free of error. Overconfidence: overconfidence is a belief in which we think we know more than we actually know. The scientific attitude: scientific attitude: being skeptical but not cynical, open but not gullible, psychologists approach the world of behavior with a curious skepticism. Show me the evidence: curiosity, skepticism, and humility helped make modern science possible, critical thinking: does not accept arguments and conclusions blindly. It examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence and asses conclusions. The scientific method: a theory is an explanation that integrates principles and organizes and predicts behavior or events. A technique in which one person is studied in depth to reveal underlying behavioral principles: clinical studies are a form of a case study in which the therapist investigates the problems associated with a client.
