PSYC 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Review Article, Thomas Edison, Electric Light
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Rats conditioned with oreos spent as much time on the side of the maze as the rats conditioned with cocaine". Science in the media: media tends to emphasize the results of single studies, especially if they are surprising, media tends to ignore or downplay the role of uncertainty in science. Critiquing: your turn: victims who hire an attorney to represent them earn 300% more compensation . Idea: unorganized thoughts about social behavior: theory: organized set of principles, which state how behavior operates, hypothesis: statement of a relationship between two concepts, prediction: specific statement of how our variables will be related in a study. Defining variables: conceptual variables: abstract, can"t be directly observed or manipulated. E. g. learning, love, anger: operational variables: concrete, can be directly observed or manipulated. E. g. test score, # of hugs, blood pressure. Alternate examples: gpa, length of hug, volume of typing on computer: hypothesis: fatigue interferes with social perception.
