psychosocial studies

Define psychology

The scientific study of cognition, emotion, and behavior

What are three key aspects of science? Give an example of each

A) Lack comparison groups

B) Placebo effects: Why testimonials are problematic.

C)The Vividness Problem

Describe the hindsight bias and explain how it often leads us to perceive psychological research as merely common sense.

the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.

What is critical thinking? What are some things that interfere with critical thinking?

Thinking that does not blindly accept assumptions & conclusions

What are two potential reasons, other than cause and effect, for why two variables would be correlated with one another? That is, what are some reasons for misinterpreting correlations? Be able to apply this to a correlation example (like you did in class). Essay Item

1.  Directionality problem

  2.  Third variable possibility

What are some differences between correlational research and experimental research?

What are the three key elements of an experiment?

independant variarble

dependent variable

controls

Be able to label the independent and dependent variables from a description of an experiment.

Know the main differences between internal, construct, and external validity.

What does “a WEIRD sample” mean in relation to external validity?

What are the three criteria needed for causality?