PSY-0001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sodium-Potassium Alloy, Occipital Lobe, Operational Definition
11 Sep 2016
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Rare, and when it happen its their own parents. 4 horsemen of the apocalypse: contempt (microexpressions, criticism, defensiveness, stonewalling (passive-aggressive) Theory (interconnected concepts) vs hypothesis (specific testable prediction) A good hypothesis has every part well defined to be able to be measured. If you can"t measure it, it"s not an op. def. Cats respond to lines and edges not dots. On exam: don"t attempt to alter variables can"t draw causal conclusions from correlational studies. Run statistics to find the strength of the relationship. More of one variable is less of the other. Both variables move together; more of one is more of the other correlation causation. Can reach causal conclusions x-axis: independent variable y-axis: dependent variable. You can"t say something is a universal finding if it doesn"t apply to everyone. Have to study everyone to claim its universal. Psych aware of own physical and mental health on ability to help those w/ whom they work.
