PSYC 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cestoda, List Of Fables Characters, Observational Study
27 Nov 2017
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There will be an optional quiz at the end of the semester that can replace a lower quiz grade. Week 3 quiz due this sunday 09/17: will always stay on track even though lectures are behind. Look at online lectures: missed/cancelled class last week. Psychology: the scienti c methodology: least fun topic in the course , popular science . Advertisement examples: sanitized tapeworms to lose weight, more doctors smoke camels cigarette ad, jumping to conclusions, discern what to believe & what not to. What was the operational variable: quack medicinal claims. Best way to train a behavior is to reward it randomly/not every time. The price of ignorance: not knowing things, thinking you know things, but in reality you don"t, thinking you know something, but in reality you"re wrong, ex: misconception that vaccines cause autism (they don"t) 10% of americans now don"t vaccinate kids. Allows diseases previously eradicated to make a comeback.
