PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: B. F. Skinner, Sigmund Freud, Scientific Method
22 Feb 2017
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Involves 2 several things: common approaches a psychologists might take in their research, 6 perspectives, behaviourism (1920-1950, b. f skinner (rat, argued everything we do is bc of the past consequences of our behaviour, psychodynamic (1910-1950, sigmund freud. We all inhabit a common objective reality that exists independent of what anyone thinks or says about it. The goal of science is to discover, described, understand it. Theory > hypothesis > testing: design > testing: collect > integrate / analyse > report, integrate, revise. Hypothesis: derived from the theory, needs to be falsifiable and testable (narrow that it can be wrong) [donald is a pumpkin] Design: look at photos, keep it objective [look at photos of donald] Collect: look/collect data [collecting the photos to analyze] Report: report the data and see if whether or not if the hypothesis supports the initial theory. [donald is orange = support the existing pumpkin theory] Canada"s tri-council policy statement: ethical conduct for research involving humans (2014)
