PSYC2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC2012
• Professor: Dr Rebecca Pinkus/Dr Steson Lo/Dr Haryana Dhillon

Document Summary

Psyc2012- lecture 1: 3 tutorial tests (6%, 12%, 12%, 1 semester exam (24%) lectures 1-15, 6 tutorials, 1 final exam (40%, research participation (5%) Importance of research methods: helps you understand psychology, evaluate research claims. Improve critical thinking: become better consumer of research, conduct own research. Ways to acquire knowledge: repeated exposure (gum stays in stomach for 7 years, authority (figures, experience, reason and logic. Qualitative and quantitative: research questions informs the research design and method, quantitative. Generalised findings to a population + understanding meaning. Elements of scientific method: objectivity, confirmation, replication, failure to replicate, self correction, control.