PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Naturalistic Observation, Blind Experiment
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Anything an animal or human does, feels or thinks. - this is broadly applicable. Wilhelm wundt (1870s) combines the disciplines of philosophy and physiology. Major perspectives: biological, psychoanalytic, behavioural, humanistic, cognitive, evolutionary. Anecdotal evidence - anecdotal evidence is evidence from anecdotes. Where only one or a few anecdotes are presented, there is a larger chance that they may be unreliable. Heat creates violence, and heat makes ice cream sales go up but without heat they have no relation. Theory - based upon evidence, then that theory will generate hypothesis (questions that can be tested). Went from einstein"s theory of gravity to newton"s law . Why humans and why only humans? (no answer). Standardized procedure - no single study can ever be relied upon. P value = probability that results are random number, fluke. 05 -. 01 = 1% chance that study is a fluke.
