1. Psychology in Everyday Life
David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall
Psychology in Everyday Life
Third Edition
Chapter 1
Psychology’s Roots, Big Ideas, and Critical Thinking Tools
Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

2. Table 1. 1 Psychology’s Current Perspectives David G. Myers and C
Table 1.1 Psychology’s Current Perspectives David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

3. Studying events from many viewpoints gives us a more complete picture than any one perspective could offer.
Figure 1.1 Biopsychosocial approach: Three paths to understanding David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

4. A self-correcting process for asking questions and observing nature’s answer.
Figure 1.2 The scientific method David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

5. This graph displays data from 20 imagined people, each represented by a data point. The scattered points reveal an upward slope, indicating a positive correlation.
Figure 1.3 Scatterplot for height and weight David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

6. People low in self-esteem are more likely to report depression than are those high in self-esteem. One possible explanation of this negative correlation is that a bad self-image causes depressed feelings. But, as the diagram indicates, other cause-effect relationships are possible.
Figure 1.4 Three possible cause-effect relationships David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

7. Table 1. 2 Comparing Research Methods David G. Myers and C
Table 1.2 Comparing Research Methods David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

8. Our expectations influence what we perceive
Our expectations influence what we perceive. Did you see a duck or a rabbit? Show some friends this image with the rabbit on the left covered up and see if they are more likely to perceive a duck instead. (Shepard, 1990.)
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Figure 1.6 What do you see in the image on the right? David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers