PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Falsifiability, Pseudoscience, Vagueness
7 Apr 2016
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Just because in a bottle doesn"t mean it is free of bacteria or arsenic. 75% of people liked tap water better than bottled water. Include a group that only gets the expectation. Independent variable drink tap water or drink bottled water measure taste. Drinks tap water but thinks it is bottled water measure taste. Human expectations that bottled water will taste better than tap. Think of your last relationship conflict - with a lover, friend, or sibling. I distanced myself from the person, flight, quiet, tried to stay away, avoided it. Everyone responds to things differently, how has your life shaped your own response. Answer #1 : you are driven by your unconscious. Self that attempts to deal with the outside world itself (ego) Powerful unconscious forces in our beings (id) Restrictions of society we grow up in. Ego : world of reality but constantly affected by demands of id and superego.
