Psy103 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PSY103_writeup_Thierry et al.

What is psychology? The study of human behavior and mental processes What is hindsight bias? (see text) When you look back at something and believe that the result was predictable the whole time. What is arm-chair psychology and why is it unscientific? What is wrong with basing conclusions on casual observation and speculation? Arm Chair psychology is people watching. It’s unscientific to just observe and not run any tests because the obvious answer is not always correct. What did W...