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Charles Darwin-Beetle, mollusks
Origin of Species=natural selection best survive & reproduce enviornment
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What is psychology’s current position on nature/ nurture
debate?
nature and nurture relate, they aren't separate
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What advantage do we gain by using bio-psychology approach in
studies?
Incorporates different levels of analysis
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How do
hindsight bias, overconfidence, and the tendency to perceive order in random
events illustrate why science-based answers are more valid than those based on
intuition and common sense?
Science based answers separate reality from illusion
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Curiosity, skepticism, and humble
sciences three main components
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scientific method/self correcting method
How scientists ask and answer questions
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Gut feeling
Hindsight Bias
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Theory, Hypothesize, define, replicate, gather results that apply to everyone
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explain with principles that organize observations, predict behaviors or
events. Organizes isolated facts
Theory
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Testable predictions within a theory. Enables us to test, reject, or revise theory
Hypothesis
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carefully worded statement that enables replication of the observation with different participants, materials, & circumstances.
Operational definition
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