What are the 3 levels of analysis?
Social Culture Influences, Psychological, and Biological
What is the Psychological level in the Levels of Analysis
Mental or Neurological Level: Involves thoughts, feelings, and emotions
What is the Biological level in the Levels of Analysis
Molecular or Neurochemical Level: Involves molecular and brain structure
What are the 5 challenges of Psychology
Human Behaviour is difficult to predict;
Psychological influences are rarely independent;
People differ from each other in thinking, emotion, personality, and behaviour;
People often influence each other;
People’s behaviour is often shaped by culture;
What is Naive Realism?
The idea that our senses give us all we need to understand reality
What is an example of Naive Realism?
Seeing is Believing
What is a Scientific Theory?
An explanation for a large number of findings in the natural world
What is a hypothesis?
A testable prediction
What is Confirmation Bias?
Tendency to seek evidence that supports our beliefs
What is Belief Perseverance?
Tendency to stick to our initial beliefs even when evidence is contradictory
What are Metaphysical Claims?
Assertions about the world that we can’t test
What is Pseudoscience?
A set of claims that seems scientific but isn’t
What are signs of Pseudoscience?
Exaggerated Claims;
Overreliance on anecdotes;
Absence of connectivity to other research;
Lack of review by other scholars
Lack of self-correction when contrary evidence is published
Meaningless Psychobabble
Talk of proof instead of evidence
What is Psychobabble?
Using large, scientific words that don’t make sense together
