AP Psych: Unit 1 Test, Scientific Attitude

What are the American Psychological Associates? What do you have?

has professional and scientific branches.

they set the standards, have a citation style, and have a lesson conference

What is a clinical psychologist? Largest or smallest branch?

The treat people with psychological problems

largest

Why do we need research? Why can't we just ask?

We want answers about behavior

We are subjective and dishonest

What do we need to do for research?

Think critically

What is an example of why we need to use research and do the math?

The Monty Haul Problem

Hindsight bias

after something, you claim you already knew it

Overconfidence

we think we know everything

Perceiving order in random events

we need to make sense of the world so we create patterns that aren't really there

confirmation bias

we search for evidence that ONLY proves us right