PSYC 1020H Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: A Priori And A Posteriori, Mental Chronometry, Edward B. Titchener

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1020H
• Professor: Fournier Neil

Document Summary

Requires us to override automatic, effortless and intuitive modes of thinking with more controlled, effortful reflective modes of thinking. 2 groups: people good at math vs. people crappy at math. Subtle movement of behaviour (eye movement) at answer. Using a keyboard to show that children with autism (with help of facilitator) can express their thoughts normally. Objective: barrier between child with autism and facilitator (cannot see keyboard). Providing a description of what the dependent and independent measures that are being tested are (methodology) Providing a mathematical description of the strength of this relationship (measurement) a. Basic units that define each level of scientific discourse. Response: any movement or change in the organism that can be: Other experimenters must be able to see this. How many times you say yes in a conversation, how many drags you take. How many times you say yes in a conversation, how many drags you take from a cigarette.