psyc week 2

Question 1

What is psychology?

Answer 1

the scientific study of the mind and human behavior

Question 2

basic psychologists

Answer 2

focus on theory and building basic knowledge (developmental,social)

Question 3

applied psychologists

Answer 3

focus on solving real-world problems (clinical,couseling,school,etc.)

Question 4

the scientific method is used in psychology to…

Answer 4

study behavior

Question 5

systematic observation

Answer 5

observe the world, generate hypothesis to test, measure, collect data, and draw conclusions

Question 6

studies never prove hypothesis are true they…

Answer 6

determine the porbability that something is true

Question 7

sample

Answer 7

a group of people selected from a population

Question 8

popultion

Answer 8

all people belonging to a particular group

Question 9

representativeness

Answer 9

degree to which a sample is typical of the population

Question 10

anecdotal evidence

Answer 10

biased evidence drawn from personal experience

Question 11

levels of analysis

Answer 11

a single phenomenon can be explained at different levels simultaneously

Question 12

critical thinking

Answer 12

evaluating claims in an open-minded but careful fashion

Question 13

critical thinking principle 1

Answer 13

ruling out rival hypothesis

Question 14

critical thinking principle 2

Answer 14

correlation isnt causation

Question 15

what does correlation isnt causation mean

Answer 15

just because two variables are correlated doesnt mean one causes the other

Question 16

critical thinking principle 3

Answer 16

replicability (can the results be replicated in other studies

Question 17

critical thinking principle 4

Answer 17

extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - is the evidence as strong as the claim

Question 18

critical thinking principle 5

Answer 18

occam’s razor - if two explanations fit evidence equally well, we should typically choose the simpler one

Question 19

inattentional blindness

Answer 19

we miss much of what happens outside of our focus of awareness

Question 20

spaced practice

Answer 20

spacing out studying over multiple sessions results in better long-term memory

Question 21

retrieval practice

Answer 21

study by retrieving information from memory through quizzing or testing yourself