PSYC 2017 Midterm: Exam 1 Notes
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Problem: no mechanism for separating accurate from inaccurate knowledge. Intuition can be deceiving = inattentional blindness (the invisible gorilla: authority. Problem: authority can be wrong or have different priorities: deduction or rationalism. Specific experiments to general hypotheses or theory. - reasoning from general to specific: observation or empiricism. Problems: our perceptions in the world aren"t necessarily true i. e. , man came and picked up tractor that looked huge but turned out to be a toy. Psychologist george m. stratton in the 1890"s wore glasses that made him see everything upside down and after 5 days his brain adapted and he was seeing things as normal while wearing the glasses. Impossible objects show us that we cannot always trust our experience. I just know that if i don"t recopy my notes three times i will do horrible on the test. : authority:
