PSYC 2017 : Exam 1 Notes
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Intuition -- knowing without reasoning (gut feeling: problem: no mechanism for separating accurate from inaccurate knowledge. Induction -- reasoning from specific to general: specific experiments to general hypotheses or theory, sample to population, deduction -- reasoning from general to specific. Impossible objects show us that we cannot always trust our experience: examples of ways of knowing. I just know that if i don"t recopy my notes three times i will do horrible on the test. : authority: My 6th grade teacher told me that the best way to study is to do a little bit every day. If the test covers what is in my notes and i memorize my notes then i will pass. : observation or empiricism: 2: traditional study methods: type your notes, outline the text, make up practice tests, fact retention, memorizing definitions, elaborative processing, generate examples from your own experience, use imagery, define terms using your own terminology, deep processing.
