PSY 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Animal Ethics, Bes, Emor

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

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Psychology: scientific study of how we think, how we feel, how we behave. Scope: very broad, every aspect of human life linked to psychology. : medical/health field, therapy, justice, army, technology, finances, neuroscience, politics, sports, relationships, etc. Can"t use intuition to learn about natural world. Belief that it"s obvious, that the outcome could have easily been predicted. Tend to perceive relationship between 2 variables when there is none. Tend to pay attention to and remember any supporting event, disregarding others. Create patterns, trends, etc. for some type of form. : optimism scoring 50+ on haddad optimism scale. The more similar the results, the more confident in theory. Types of research studies (3: descriptive research. 1 person or very small group of people. Researcher bias: interpreting info based on own assumptions. Small sample, can"t generalize to rest of population. All members of very specific population (1500 canadian voters) Info from sample used to generalize to population.