Psychological Research: Crash Course Psychology #2
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False intuition can lead to dangerous misconceptions, as we often underestimate its risks, hindsight bias occurs when we trust our intuition based on past outcomes, and overconfidence can lead to incorrect assumptions about people and their behaviors. Psychological research involves operationalizing questions to create measurable, testable propositions through the scientific method starting with a question, theory, hypothesis, and clear language for reporting findings.
Insights
- False intuition can create dangerous misconceptions by leading us to underestimate the risks involved in decision-making.
- Psychological research employs various methods such as operationalizing questions and utilizing the scientific method to ensure clear, testable findings are obtained, highlighting the importance of structured inquiry in understanding human behavior.
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Avoiding Misconceptions in Psychological Research
- False intuition can lead to dangerous misconceptions, as we often underestimate its risks.
- Hindsight Bias, or the "I-Knew-It-All-Along" phenomenon, occurs when we trust our intuition based on past outcomes.
- Overconfidence can lead to incorrect assumptions about people and their behaviors.
- Perceiving order in random events can result in false assumptions and misinterpretations.
- Psychological research involves operationalizing questions to create measurable, testable propositions.
- The scientific method starts with a question, theory, hypothesis, and clear language for reporting findings.
- Case studies provide in-depth insights into individual behavior but can be misleading due to their inability to be replicated.
- Naturalistic observation involves watching behavior in a natural setting without manipulation.
- Surveys and interviews are used to collect behavioral data, with careful consideration of question phrasing and sampling bias.
