PSYC 203 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Confirmation Bias, Social Desirability Bias, Naturalistic Observation
19 May 2019
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Paradox of progress: how life gets better while people feel worse; technological advances = , personal fulfillment/wellness = (false progression) Key components of self-help resources: clarity in communications, no grandiose claims, real credentials of the author, scientific or theoretical basis, detailed directions and specificity. Psychology = study of behaviour and the mind (goal: to describe: behaviour = actions/responses; directly observed, mind: internal states, processes (thoughts/feelings); observed directly. Faulty thinking: failure to consider alternative explanations. Confirmation bias: only pay attention to what confirms our pre-existing beliefs. Empirical evidence: gained through experience and observation not objective. Observations = systematic; consistent, specific rules/conditions objective. Levels of analysis: (interact with one another i. e. mind-body and environmental-biological: biological: brain processes, genetic influences, hormone levels, basic needs, psychological: personal thoughts, feelings, motives, environmental: past/current physical and social environment. Operational: how experiment will observe or measure abstract concepts: psychological, behavioural and self-report measures.
