PSYC 217 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Jennifer Aniston, Falsifiability, Pseudoscience
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Allows us to understand and communicate values that are important t us. People that we think have some knowledge (jennifer aniston selling smart water) Minimizes need to acquire knowledge on our own. Many people of authority have legitimate credentials to be considered authority Authorities may be wrong, or use intuition, experience, or folk wisdom. authority may be due to perceived cues of credibility. Appealing to what one expects everyone else to know. A short, mutually understood way of communicating more complicated ideas. May be representative of collection of all possible experiences. May not be representative of collection of all possible experiences. Logical reasoning may be based on incorrect premises or information, or other logical fallacies. What may be logically consistent may actually differ from what occurs in the world. Recognize that our ideas are likely to be as wrong as anyone else"s. Question other people"s pronouncement of truth, regardless of their prestige and authority.
