PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Falsifiability, Palmistry, Life Satisfaction
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Emerging adults: people stuck between adulthood and childhood (e. g. university students, recent graduate. ) During this time, you choose what you want to become. Scientific theories: explicitly defined constructs define constructs and explains the ideas. Linked by rules: specifying testable hypothesis test them empirically, some theories are better than others (e. g. more valid) Implicit personality theories we always try to understand others and have our own belief systems. It does not have data to support and is not tested. All scientific theories started from unsystematic observations of the world. Example formalizing an informal theory: dependency is unhealthy : dependency: reassurance seeking, feelings of loneliness and fears of abandonment, you are outlining a construct. Measure of dependency is correlated to the measurement of wellbeing. Those who are less dependent are more well, those who are more dependent are less well: steps to formalize the informal theory, find a valid measure of dependency (e. g. surveys, questionnaire, panas = positive affect.
