Posted The Six Principles of Scientific Thinking:My reasons for wanting to remember them. to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
In only one semester of Psychology I feel like I have learnt a rather large number of concepts and I know that however much I may hope to do so, I cannot remember all of them five years from now....
Posted The P.T. Barnum Effect: Ignoring the extraordinary nature of claims to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
Fortune tellers have always been known for being sufficiently vague and arbitrary about everything they predict for an individual. Their predictions could in fact apply to anyone else who is even slightly similar to the given person. (An interesting incident...
Posted Contact Comfort: A basis for forming attachments and more. to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
This theory shows that babies form attachments to their parents not because of the nourishment they provide but the physical contact which they have with their babies-leading them to feel positive emotions. Contact comfort is the substitute for imprinting in...
Posted Flashbulb memories: Do they differ in intensity or accuracy? to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
When you can remember a lot of detail from a certain moment or incident which occurred in the past, then one tends to assume that the memory is accurate. There are many possible trains of thought which might lead to...
Posted False memory syndrome: How accurate is information recalled under hypnosis? to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
One of the popular myths associated with the technique of hypnosis is that it can help to enhance people's memory. It has been said that under the influence of hypnosis people have been known to remember things that they did...
Posted Full moon drives animals crazy: A case of confirmation bias? to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
Several correlation studies have been conducted to determine the relation between the phases of the moon and the behavior of animals; for every study which shows a positive correlation there is one which shows that there is no correlation whatsoever....
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