PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - List Of Fables Characters, Observer-Expectancy Effect, Energy Drink
1 Dec 2012
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General set of ideas about how the world works: generate hypothesis. Testable statement guided by theories that make specific predictions about the relationship between variables: choose research method. The way in which the hypothesis will be tested: collect data. Taking measurements of the outcomes of the test: analyze data. Understand the data and discover trends or relationships between the variables: report the findings. Publish articles in scholarly journals: revise existing theories. To include new information into our understanding of the world. * every so often there is a dramatic change called a paradigm shift, a change from one way of thinking to another (a revolution, transformation) Evidence gathered from others or self experience. * cannot be sure that result is due to energy drinks alone. Scientific tool used to measure the effect of one variable on another. In an experiment the scientist manipulates the independent variable and observes the effect that manipulation has on the dependent variable.
