PSY 290A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Review Article, Falsifiability, Bloodletting
11 Dec 2016
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When we evaluate our own experience, we are not able to control for multiple, co- occurring effects on our moods or behaviors. Researchers include a comparison group, control for confounds, and strive to evaluate information without bias. A good story (we accept a conclusion just because it makes sense) What comes easily to mind (availability heuristic - things that come easily to mind guide our thinking) Asking biased questions to get expected answers (we ask questions that are more likely to give the desired answers) Biased about being biased (seeing bias in others, but not ourselves) Report the results of research for the first time. Types of research information written for a scientific audience: empirical journal articles, review journal articles, edited books, full-length books. Experience is confounded: when we evaluate our own experience, we are not able to control for multiple, co-occuring effects on our moods and behaviors.
