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PSYCH 1000H -
Thinking Like a Psychologist
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Thinking Like a Psychologist I. What is Psychology? A. Non-Scientific Thinking: Biased and Non systematic 1. Co-incidence 2. Selective recall 3. Confirmation Bias 4. Optimism Bias5. Availability Bias 6. Gambler’s Fallacy B. The Scientific Method: Set of Rules or Procedures on HOW to Study , Observe, or Conduct Experiments and Minimize Bias and Error 1. Verifiable 2. Cumulative 3. Public 4. Parsimonious Critical Thinking:C. Scientific Thinking, Definition and Goals of Psychology 1. Describe 2. Explain 3. Predict 4. Control FILM: Is facilitated learning really effective? How can we test
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