[PSYC 217] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (53 pages long!)
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Claims are not supported by any published, peer-reviewed, empirical evidence. Series of conclusion following the rules of logical thinking. Leads to internally consistent reasoning and decisions and lines of thinking. Easy to analyse and critique because your process of thinking are laid out. You might based your thinking on incorrect information, logical fallacies. What may be logically consistent may not reflect the situation in the world. Rely on personal experience to make decisions. If your personal experience represents the situation. Not sure if your experience is representative. Short, mutually understood way of communicating more complicated idea. Out of sight, out of mind vs. Knowledge based on information from credible other . People rely on authority all the time. People of authority have legitimate credentials to be considered authority. Doctor who didn"t believe in germs theory. Authority may be due to perceived cues of credibility. Difficult for other person to analyse or critique.
