Page 2 Flashcards
1
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Psychology requires which inner skills?
A
Empathy, intuition, instinct and judgement
2
Q
What is the pre-dominant method used in psychology?
A
Science-practioner model (Boulder model)
3
Q
Why is studying statistics is important?
A
- Advantage of intelligent lay people (understanding science news)
- Evaluate information accurately independently
4
Q
Why is statistics a useful skill?
A
- When causal relationships can be inferred, and can’t
- Difference between statistical significance, and practical importance
- Diff finding ‘no effect’ and statistically significant
- Sources of biases
- Understanding variably is natural, and that normal is not the same as average
5
Q
Why are psychologists interested in modelling?
A
- Prediction - hypothesis testing
* No access to entire population, so we need to make inferences (best fit)
