At this point, you should be able to:

• Explain what it means to say humans are limited information processors
   
• Describe the concept of a schema and its adaptive and maladaptive implications for research
   
• Define heuristics and give examples of representativeness and availability
   
• Explain the Wason Selection Task and what it shows about the difference between confirming and disconfirming hypotheses
   
• Give an example from each one of Shermer’s (1997) categories:
   
  • Problems in scientific thinking
     
  • Problems in pseudoscientific thinking
     
  • Logical problems in thinking
     
  • Psychological problems in thinking
     
• Explain why science is a combination of tradition and innovation
   
• Explain the value of commonsense in posing research questions
   
• Explain the difference between a law, a theory, and a hypothesis
   
• Describe what makes something a good research question