psychology quiz 2 Flashcards

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What does it mean to have a scientific attudute?

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  • curiosity
  • skepticism
  • humility
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Why do we need the scientific theom in psychology?

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  • Because what we think is true is often not. Things are not always as they seem.
  • Hinlight Bias and Overionfidence contrite to out misunderstanding about what we think we know about psychology
  • We need the scientific theom to force us to pay attention to the facts
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2
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tendency to reply to heavily on “gut instinct” (intrusion)

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Overconfidence

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3
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This is a type of confidence, looking back and thinking to yourself that that was too obvious

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Hindsight bias

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Desire for knowledge

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Curiosity

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Willingness to question, to be inquisitive, to want prove

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Skepticism

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Willingness to admit I being wrong

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Humility

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Is it ethical to use animals in psychology experiments?

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  • The Americans psychology association (APA) have guidelines on how animals can be used for experiments
  • There must be general concern for the welfare of animals used in experiments
  • There must be gerneal concern on all anials on regards of cuteness
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Is it ethical to use ….

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Yes they have guidelines 
1 full consent 
2 protected from harm 
3 identities protected 
4 experiment must be fully explained at the end
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How can the study of psychology be concerted dangerous?

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Psychology knowledge can be a bother. Experiments could go wrong

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Psychology can be considered a science because it uses the _______ to answer questions

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scientific theorem

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Psychology is the study of

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Mental process and behavior

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