Psychological findings are often dismissed as being “just common sense.” Use the terms and ideas below to argue that psychological theories need to be scientifically investigated, even if people think they already “know the answers” to psychological questions. Hindsight bias
Overconfidence
Perceiving order in random events
Sampling bias
Operational definitions
Statistical significance

like many students at university, you may be unhappy about the results you attain in exams. you may feel that even with all you are doing there must be something more -- or different-- you could be doing to get better grades. we have all at some time or other heard of that student who only studies a couple of hours for final exams and scores a's every time. we stand in awe of those who seem to breeze through without undue effort and seem to need very little in the way of studying to nail an exam. the reasons for success, in what i think are the vast majority of cases, are less esoteric than many students think: successful students consistently apply a series of productive strategies with view to attaining clearly identified learning and grade goals throughout the academic term.

false

explanation:

eat food

explanation:

cash registers don't need food because they are not alive.