PSYC 2 2 0 3 1 Research Methods 2 Analysis in Psychology

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PSYC 2 2 0 3 : Research Methods & Analysis in Psychology Associate Professor Nicolas Fay Cambridge Analytica Whistle-Blower Contends that Data Mining Swung the Brexit Vote—New York Times Statistics are core to Psychological Science And to a strong job market in Data Science Staff & Structure of Today’s Lecture ✤ Ways of Knowing: Intuition , Authority / Expert/Institutions & Science ✤ Goals of Psychological Science ✤ The Research Cycle: Testing Theories ✤ Administration... A/Prof Nicolas Fay Ms Sophia Moore Prof Troy Visser Dr Bradley Walker Ways of Knowing: Why don’t we just use common sense? People hold some very unusual beliefs Conspiracy Theories E.g., US government responsible for the 9/11 attacks, the Apollo moon landings were faked, or that Hilary Clinton operated a child traf fi cking ring out of a pizzeria in Washington Religious Beliefs E.g., Scientology 's belief in a space ruler named Xenu who brought billions of people to Earth & killed them with hydrogen bombs Paranormal Beliefs E.g., belief in Reincarnation , Demonic Possession , Extra Sensory Perception (ESP, i.e., telepathy), Ghosts , UFOs Delusions E.g., Persecution (co...