PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Phineas Gage, Illusory Correlation, Scientific Method
12 Jan 2017
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People often change their opinions to fit their actions. The brain can recover from massive early childhood brain damage. Our brains do not have accurate memories locked inside like video files. Setting up situations that test our ideas. Analyzing whether the data fits with our ideas. Some research findings revealed by the scientific method: The scientific method: testing our ideas about the world by . If it doesn"t fit, modify our ideas & test again. There is no (cid:498)hidden / unused 90%(cid:499) of our brain: theory: (cid:498)the big picture(cid:499) a set of principles built on observations & other verifiable, hypothesis: (cid:498)informed predictions(cid:499) a testable prediction consistent with our theory. To test the (cid:498)all(cid:499) part of the theory: (cid:498)adhd symptoms will continue for some kids even after sugar is removed from their diet(cid:499) support the theory (cid:498)to disconfirm(cid:499) facts, that explains some phenomenon & predicts its future behavior. Ex: all adhd symptoms are a reaction to eating sugar.
