PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hawthorne Effect, Dependent And Independent Variables, Concept Map

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Ashley Waggoner Denton

Document Summary

This is a scam!: years late, someone does a study. Ends up being that he could only answer questions on two conditions: If he sees the face of the person asking. If the person asking already knows the answer to the question. Humans have a tendency to unconsciously show the answer on their face. Light up when the answer is going in the right direction : lessons from clever hans. Observation and experimenter bias: demand of characteristics. Role of theory v scientific theories typically explain the relationship between two or more variables v scientific theories: theories (and the hypotheses they generate) must also be: Testable : using currently available research techniques. Falsifiable : it must be possible in principle to make an observation that would show the proposition to be false, even if that observation has not been made. Parsimonious : preference for simplicity v examples of psychological theories: intergroup contact theory (e. g. , pettigrew, 1998)