PSY 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Standard Deviation, Demand Characteristics, Sharpening
21 Aug 2016
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Developers thought that autism was a motor disorder. The facilitators sat next to a child with autism and guided the child"s hand over a keyboard. Found that the words came solely from the minds of the facilitators. Shows that even well-educated, intelligent people can be fooled. Heuristics: mental shortcut, rules of thumbs, that helps us streamline our thinking and make sense of our world. Serves us well in most situations but also predispose us to errors in thinking. African american men living in rural alabama with syphilis. U. s. public health never informed nor treated them. Vulnerable populations: children, prisoners, people with impaired cognitive capacity. To generate ideas about the brain and behavior without harming people. Watching participants" behavior in real-world settings without trying to manipulate their actions. Disadvantages: low internal validity, no control over variables, effect of known observation. Examines one person or a small number of people in depth, often over an extended period of time.
