PSYC 5850 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Antiscience, Psychopharmacology, Scientific Method
12 Jan 2017
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Impact of scientific illiteracy on public policy, research, and medicine. Scientific illiteracy comes from ulterior motives like politics, religion, finances, or simply personal preference. Where it is done and by whom (most research is done at universities to produce facts; mostly. In order to be scientifically literal, we need to understand: by grad students) What is the product of science (publications, peer-reviewed journal articles) The difference between science and technology (basic science vs. tools and systems to deliver that basic science) The difference between science and pseudo-s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:894)(cid:862)i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)t desig(cid:374)(cid:863)(cid:895) The difference between expert opinions and scientific facts (ultimately, opinions do not matter) The influence of ulterior motives and bias towards science. Definition: the empirical study of natural phenomena using systematic methods. Comes down to doing multiple specific evidence which we can use to form a general picture through a scientific perspective. Hypothesis: a proposal about a natural phenomenon that can be observed or tested empirically.
