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Psychology |
Scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
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Confirmation bias |
Tendency to seek out evidence that supports our hypothesis and neglect or distort contradicting evidence. |
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Belief perseverance |
Tendency to stick with our initial belief even when evidence contradicts them |
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Pseudoscience |
Claim that seems scientific but is not |
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Correlation |
Direct relationship between two variables. |
Does not tell causation |
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Functionalism |
Understand adaptive purposes of thought and behavior |
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Behaviorism |
Focuses on uncovering the general laws of learning ny looking outside the organism |
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Cognitivism |
Focuses on the mental processes involved in different aspects of thinking. |
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Psychoanalysis |
Focused on internal psych process of which we are unaware |
Unconscious |
