Lecture 4

Question 1

Why does research matter?

Answer 1

Research filters out pseudoscience from real science

Question 2

What are heuristics?

Answer 2

Mental shortcuts that help us streamline our thinking

Question 3

Representative heuristic

Answer 3

Basing similarity between two things on superficial resemblance to each other
Judging probability based on stereotypes
Base rate fallacy

Question 4

Availability Heuristic

Answer 4

What info is made available by media

Question 5

Overconfidence Bias

Answer 5

overestimate our ability to make correct predictions

Question 6

L__ W___ effect

Answer 6

Overestimate our own capabilities

Fictional town where everyone is above average

Question 7

Case study + advantage and disadvantage

Answer 7

Exams person or event in depth over period of time
Existence proofs
Generalizability and inferring causation

Question 8

H.M

Answer 8

Had lobotomy for epilepsy, lost all short term memory. Mirror test

Question 9

Correlational Designs

Answer 9

feta

Question 10

Experimental Designs

Answer 10

Manipulate variables to determine whether they influence people’s behaviour