AP Psych Unit 0 Vocab

Psychology

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes in both humans and animals

Empirical Evidence

Information gathered by observation or experimentation

Cognitive Biases

Can distort out thinking and lead to incorrect conclusions

Confirmation Bias

People tend to look for/ remember information that confirms what they already believe

Hindsight Bias

“knowing” something was going to happen after it has already occured (although they may not have predicted it)

Overconfiedence

Having too much faith in one’s own abilities, thinking they know more that they actually do

Perspectives

Psychologists use a variety of techniques or approaches to understand and explain why people think and act the way they do