PSYC 100 Lecture : Class notes.doc

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Daniel Levitin

Document Summary

The mind body problem: mind existed before we were even born, while the body is a recycled, tangible, dying thing. Pre-selection bias: when there is a bias even before you select the group being studied. For example, you test only religious people on whether or not religion is important to someone. Experimenter expectation: says what they think the experimenter wants to hear. Lab bias: people behave differently in labs than in real life. Ex: smoking kills is a correlation not causation. The 7 claims of psychological science: psychology is an empirical science because it can be measured, repeatable. John darley and latine: observed that people can be influenced by situations. A social psychologist will say that the situation you are in can overcome these predispositions. Gives divinity student task of going to this meeting. Some are told to hurry, others are told to take their time. On the way, there is a man dying, asking for help on the floor.