PSYC 2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Confirmation Bias, Behaviorism, Operational Definition
24 Mar 2017
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Chapter 1,2 3, different sections of a research report are the same but the chapter on small n designs is different: authority, logic, empiricism/ experience. Problem- interpretations may be influenced by social cognition biases. Confirmation bias- you see only things that confirms your biases. Availability heuristics- when we experience a memorable event and overestimate how often it occurs: science this is objective. Characteristics of science: determinism- means that everything has a cause, objectivity, structural you can predict with a 100% certainty, statistical events can be predicted but only with a probability / chance. Science can answer experimental questions and some questions cannot be answered with science like is there a god: science produces tentative conclusions. Pseudo- science(fake)science is based on anecdotal evidence. Basic research is where you study a particular behavior or phenomenon for the sake of learning about it like memory, vision etc. The great advantage of lab research is control while field research has greater generalizability.
