Ap Psychology Chapter 3 Summary

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CHAPTER 3 Empirical Statements: Can be both at once Empirical statements: * Plausible * Easily verifiable Testimonial statement- Other’s Experience * Plausible * Reliable * A giant flag is: "According to" Plausible: coheres with background knowledge Reliable: no history of deception, and no reason to deceive in current situation Definitional Statement: Definitional statements: A report about how a word is used * * Uncontroversial definition – may be assumed to pass the True Premises Test Ex: a triangle is a three-sided polygon Statements by experts: Experts: are people who have specialized knowledge in a field Passes these criteria: 1. C- Appropriate Credentials 2. L- lack of bias 3. E- expert consensus 4. A- appropriate are of expertise 5. R- reliability Appropriate credentials: look at academic degrees, job positions, to…show more content…
S2 = consequence. S1 = antecedent * T | T | T | T | F | F | F | T | T | F | F | T | It's like a promise. "If you come to SI, then I won't buy you pizza" True Premises Test: Are all premises true and accurate Proper Form Test: assume premises are true, do they lead to the conclusion? Red herring fallacy: occurs when someone makes a statement that distracts reader from the point Easy target: Taking a portion of the other person's view and turning that into the main argument. If arguing about a movie, somehow twisting it into talking just about the popcorn Appeal to fear: if you don't do so and so, this will happen to you Appeal to pity: if you don't do so and so, something bad will happen to someone else Appeal to popularity: "everyone thinks so, so it's correct" Appeal to Novelty or Tradition: follow it because it's new/old Ad hominem: attacking the person himself instead of his ideas Appeal to ignorance: Claims a statement is true because it hasn't been proven

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