PSYC105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sampling Bias, Null Hypothesis, Naturalistic Observation
PSYCH105 - CRITICAL THINKING IN PSYCHOLOGY
Wk. 4 - Scientist-Practioner Model
Two way traffic between science and practice and well as feedback from practice to
science
Research delivers theories of practical interest and relevance to practitioner
Practitioner delivers theories of practical interest and relevance to Practioner
Practioner works scientifically
Scientist works practically
Boulder Conference 1949 (due to war vets having PTSS)
Emerging profession of clinical psychology
Trained psychologists to be equally skilled in
Research (scientist)
Therapeutic practice (practitioner)
Why
Ensure the highest professional standards
A psychologist requires scientific training to fully understand and evaluate
publishes research and be able to apply it in practice.
Psychological Research Process
A systematic way to understand human experiences of themselves and the world.
Disciplined inquiry into human thinking, feeling, and behaviour.
Research is a language
Need to learn key terms and concepts
Understand and evaluate scientific research
Aims of Psych Research
Measurement and description
How do we measure the phenomenon under study?
Allows us to describe behaviour clearly and precisely
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Document Summary
Two way traffic between science and practice and well as feedback from practice to science. Research delivers theories of practical interest and relevance to practitioner. Practitioner delivers theories of practical interest and relevance to practioner. Boulder conference 1949 (due to war vets having ptss) A psychologist requires scientific training to fully understand and evaluate publishes research and be able to apply it in practice. A systematic way to understand human experiences of themselves and the world. Disciplined inquiry into human thinking, feeling, and behaviour. Need to learn key terms and concepts. Allows us to describe behaviour clearly and precisely. System of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations. Objective, systematic process to establish facts and reach conclusions. A tentative and testable explanation of the relationship between two or more events or variables. Factors that can vary between people (individual differences_ Bad hypothesis - consumption of alcohol causes increased aggression.
