PSYC 217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Falsifiability
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Data supports or is (in)consistent with the hypotheses. It is important to take the weight of the evidence. Don"t have attitudes rest on a single study or a single nding. Falsi ability is ability for one to show a theory to be wrong > there can exist data that are inconsistent with a theory. Falsi ability can also be considered as a matter of degree. Flip a coin 10 times, make 4 predictions of the coin when it rst lands. Good hypotheses: make predictions that exposes itself to falsi cation, making speci c predictions equals strong support. Bad hypotheses: make predictions that are dif cult to falsify, making general predictions equals weak support.
