PSYC 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dsm-5, Psych, Functional Fixedness
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When you don"t have hypotheses and don"t test them in ethical ways, people can be harmed and die. Examples: leeches, hole in skull, and earth is flat. Confirmation bias , mere exposure effect (more you are exposed to something, the more you will become accustomed to it/like it), overconfidence. Gambler"s fallacy, functional fixedness, placebo effect, bandwagon effect, hindsight bias. Sunk cost , pre-crastination (you would rather get something done now, even if it takes more effort now), stereotypes (make a decision based on stereotypes/assumptions about a person you have based on stereotypes) How to know what needs to be remembered for later. False memories (eyewitness testimonies; remembering something that didnt actually happen), primary effect (when you meet someone for the first time, you remember what happened first compared to what happened later) Most of what the average person thinks about psychology is wrong. Learning to think about psychology is scientifically has many benefits.
