A friend is complaining about the requirement that she take a statistics and research methods course as part of her major. Describe to her at least two reasons that the course will make her a better thinker, not just a better psychology student
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: (Best answers include information about base rates, probability, random sampling, etc. Best answers should also include reference to research by Nisbett and colleagues about the reasoning abilities of psychology students compared to chemistry, law, and medical students.)
Psychology
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a) pragmatics. b) language. c) semantics. d) grammar.
Psychology
Which of these topics would be of most interest to a cognitive psychologist?
A) how the nervous system functions B) helping people with behavior disorders C) problem-solving techniques D) measuring reaction time
Psychology