PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Participant Observation, Internal Validity, Confounding
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Science a methodfor learningabout realitythroughsystematic observation and experimentation. Conclusions that are based on facts systematicobservation instead of hie and miss. Confirmation people are more likely to rememberfaces that support their belief more than. K"s a skill that can be acquired five critical thinking questions that mightevaluate if you"vebeenthinking. Gives us the confidence to question the authority instead of blindly obey. Sets of facts relationships betweenfacts that can beused to explain and predictphenomena. It explainsand organizes knownfacts also generates new predictions. A scientific prediction is based on that they"re that a phenomenon is likely to happen under certain situation a rigorous mathematical. Explain he variables based on data studies alinshl between two or more. A proposed explanation for a situation usuallytaking the form if. A happenes then b will be the result. Atype of inference an educatedguess based on prior evidence and logical possibilities.