Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Repeated Measures Design, Internal Validity, Trait Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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And evidence demands: darley and latane reasoned that the presence of multiple bystanders produced a diffusion of responsibility, a psychological state in which each person feels decreased personal responsibility for intervening. The scientific process: step 1: identify a question of interest, step2: gather information and form hypothesizes. Two approaches to understanding behavior: the two approaches to understanding behavior are hindsight (after the fact understanding) and understanding through prediction, control and theory building. If we understand the causes of a given behavior then we should be able to predict the conditions under which that behavior will occur in the future. In the laboratory, the conditions can be controlled; then we should be able to produce that behavior: theory development is the strongest test of scientific understanding because good theories generate an integrated network of predictions. It incorporates existing facts and observations within a single broad framework: 2.