PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Leappad, Belief Perseverance, Naturalistic Observation
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Why is psychology a science: psychology is the scientific study of the mind, brain and behaviour, why do we need scientific method to study psychology, it"s a set of safeguard against two human tendencies. To seek out evidence that supports our hypotheses and deny, dismiss, or distort evidence that doesn"t confirmation bias. To cling to our beliefs despite contrary evidence belief perseverance. How does sleep help us: why and how we forget, applied: examines how we cab use basic research to solve real-world problems, does playing with technology (ex. Ipad, leappad) promote language: what"s the most optimal way to study? (ex. Methods to achieve the goals: naturalistic and lab observatins, playground vs. big brother, case studies, special samples (ex. Genie in linguistic isolation: locked in a closet from 20 months old; no exposure to language; discovered at age 13, at age 17, vocab level = 5 years old, surveys, bug samples/self-report, experiments.
