[PSYC 1000] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (47 pages long!)

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

Document Summary

Many perspectives in psych: biological, cognitive. How we think about things: behavioral, psychodynamic. Different cultures influence our behavior: humanistic. Different vantage point for analyzing behavior and its causes. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Mental processes thoughts, feelings, sensations, etc. Common sense cancels out (absence makes the heart grow fonder vs. out of sight, out of mind, etc. ) Confirmation bias: try to confirm what you think you know already. Availability heuristic: bias towards what available knowledge we have. Mood effects: hindsight bias, overconfidence, perceived order in random events. Guides how scientists should collect and analyze data. Help scientific process remain accurate and objective: explains, organizes. Researcher manipulates one variable: can be hard to manipulate just one. Determines whether this variable produces changes in another variable. Seeks to establish a cause and effect variable. Independent variable the different dialogues shelter mentioned or not. Dependent whether the apartment was available or not.