[PSYC 1000] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 36 pages long Study Guide!

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Scientific study of behavior, thought, and experience, and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social, and environmental factors. Implied hypothesis: the act of doing calucaitons magically includes thoughouts of red hammers. Typicality hypothesis: red is the most typical colour, hammer is the most typical tool, under any circumstances, most people asked the colour/tool will say red/hammer. Don"t think too much hypothesis: given a chance to think about it, person might debilberately avoid saying the first colour/tool that comes to mind, encouraging speedy decisions on calucations prevents overthinking on colour/tool decision. Norm hypothesis: preceding colour/tool question with norm information (98% of people say same time) causes people to ask: what would other say? . Intuitive/folk psychology: psychology= common sense, layperson has 5 years experience observing others behavior and own mental states. Physics question: you are whirling a ball attached to a string around your head.