PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Naturalistic Observation, Hawthorne Effect, Scientific Method
28 Jul 2016
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Deductive reasoning: reasoning proceeding from broad basic principles applied to specific situations. Biases: disto(cid:396)ted (cid:271)eliefs (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e se(cid:374)se of (cid:396)eality. Inductive reasoning: reasoning process proceeding from small specific situations to more general truths. Empirical: able to be tested in objective ways. Hypothetico-deductive reasoning: process of modern science where scientists begin with an edu"""cated guess, perhaps based on previous research, about how the world works, and then set about designing small controlled observations to support or invalidate that hypothesis. Hypothesis: a general statement about the way variables relate that is objectively falsifiable. No key terms, but a few definitions that may be important are listed below. Eugenics: a social movement that advocates improving the human race by encouraging reproduction by people with desirable traits and discouraging the reproduction or people with undesirable traits. Pseudopsychology: (or pop psychology) is not based on scientific method, yet it takes on the appearance of science.
