PSYC 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nomothetic, Scientific Method, Operational Definition
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**there will be tutorials just before each exam to go over everything which will take place in vari hall. Tenacity when we hear a statement over and over we tend to believe it is actually true. This is because if it was incorrect it would not have lasted for such a long period of time. People who hold this method are resistant to contrary evidence therefore ignoring what goes against their beliefs. Example: advertisers use this repeating a message so that you eventually believe its true. Authority find an answer by looking to an expert. Problems with this way of knowing: this knowledge is only as good based on how the expert is deemed in that field. Do not provide valid answers to questions about behaviour: 1) because we assume that if they are an expert in one domain we will generalize they are an expert in other domains. Example: a start athlete thinking they know everything about nutrition.
