Psychology 2134A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Occipital Lobe, Hoax, Frontal Lobe

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2134A/B
• Professor: Marc Joanisse

Document Summary

Psycholinguistics the scientific study of the cognitive processes involved in comprehending and producing language. Science involves gathering and evaluating empirical evidence to answer questions and test ideas about the world. Theory: a conceptual framework that explains a set of observation and used to make predictions about future observation. Model: a simplified version of the phenomenon under investigation, typically in the form of a graph or a set of mathematical equations. The distinction between theories and models is a bit fuzzy. Theories are often general or abstract explanation about how something works, while models tend to provide more specific explanation. Hypothesis: a prediction about some phenomenon that is to be tested. Theories need to be false, which means that they must make predictions that can be disconfirmed by data. Can never prove a theory true, but can prove it false. Theory that cannot be falsified is not considered scientific.