PSYC 2001 Chapter 2: CHAPTER 2 – SOURCES OF INFORMATION
14 Feb 2018
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Chapter 2 sources of information: why research is best and how to find it. Like the last example, there could have been so many things that made those 7/10 people be cured of their illness. Maybe the water they were drinking was harmful before. Research is probabilistic-the finding are not expected to explain all cases all of the time. Could (cid:271)e (cid:271)ased on the authorit(cid:455)"s resear(cid:272)h. Google scholar vs psyc info google scholar searches the internet while psycinfo only searches psychology journals. Select one: wikis, google, the popular press, psycinfo. Feedback: finding scientific sources psycinfo is the most comprehensive place to find psychological research articles. Carolyn sometimes taps on the basketball before shooting a free throw. She has noticed the times when she taps and makes the free throw more than she notices the times she makes the free throw without tapping the ball. Select one: present/present bias, confound bias, cherry-picking, bias blind spot.
