PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Ct Scan, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Autonomic Computing

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

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Anatomy of a research article: abstract: summary of hypotheses, methods, and results, must provide citations (name & date) Outlines research question; reviews past research and theory; introduces formal hypotheses: methods: describes the participants, procedure and materials used, results: describes what was found; tables and graphs; statistics two most important parts of an article, discussion, references. Compare with past research and suggest practical applications cite information that was actually used. Research methods: procedures for obtaining data, which can then be used to answer research questions goals of science: description explanation application, data collection techniques ways that researchers collect numbers, research designs. Scientists falsify theories; theories can only be proven wrong, never proven correct. Phineas gage: observation his personality changed after his frontal lobe was damaged turned aggressive and mean systematic recording of specific behaviour in a particular setting observers trained to record behaviour as objectively and precisely as possible.