PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Neurology, Cherry Picking, A Priori And A Posteriori
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Chapter 1 psyb01 uncommon sense scien7 c method and human reasoning. Psychology: scien& c study of people, the mind, the behaviour. Focuses on how we feel, think, behave believe and interact. Summary of schwartz (2004) study. Lays the founda&on of how informa&on is collected/measured/examined/evaluated. Empirical evidence di ers from anecdotal evidence: opinions of one person, typically not translated into quan& able form. E. g. used by inves&ga&ve journalism. Bias: indicates unfair prac&ces that wrongly discriminate against others. Re ects a subtle process that comes in many di erent versions, all of which can destroy the research study. Are in uenced by beliefs. Instead, leave to philosopher, theologian and cons&tu&onal scholars. Theory: set of proposi&ons that are used as principles to describe, understand and explain psychological/behavioural phenomena. O[en answer address ques&ons of how . O[en in uences all aspects of the study (from the beginning inspira&on to the nal interpreta&on of the results) From theory to testable hypothesis.
