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Western Experience Ch. 19 Problems for Analysis

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AP Psychology Notes- Chapter One

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Hindsight Bias The tendency to believe, after learning of an outcome, that one could have foreseen it The ?I-knew-what-would-happen-all-along? phenomenon Common sense is not always so obvious and correct, it describes what has happened easier than what will happen. Overconfidence Those who are confident in their assumptions are not always correct; Hindsight bias and overconfidence often lead us to overestimate our intuition. Scientific Attitude Skeptical, not cynical. Open, not gullible Curious skepticism Humility- be willing to prove yourself wrong Critical Thinking Thinking that does not blindly accept arguments/conclusions, but examines, evaluates, assesses, and asks questions Scientific Method Theory

Trait Theory of Psychology

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Unit: Trait Theory of Psychology Psychological triad: How people think, feel, and behave. Personality: an individual?s characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior, together with the psychological mechanisms?hidden or not?behind those patterns. Theory: A set of interrelated constructs, definitions, and propositions that present a systematic view of phenomena by specifying relations among variables, with the purpose of explaining and predicting phenomena. A good theory is parsimonious, logical, testable, supported by empirical research, flexible, applicable to diverse populations and problems, and easy to transmit. (FAT PEEL)

Cognitive Psychology Medin Chapter 1 notes

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Domain of Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Psychology: The study of thought. Approaches and methods to study cognition. Debate & enigma Intuition Just because we have spent our whole lives thinking, doesn?t mean we understand the process. Naive Realism: The idea that perception involves nothing more and nothing less than seeing the world as it is Problems: this is wrong, perspective matters & can change your view as it is colored by expectations and beliefs. We also do not always see things the way they are This also doesn?t provide and explanation of how perception is accomplished. Puzzles Lots of information is lost during the imaging process (turning 3D objects into 2D objects on the retina- perceptual experience has a very large number of possible interpretations).

AP Psychology - Chapter 1 Outline - Psychology Basics

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