PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Scientific Method, Egalitarianism
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Psy 100 - lecture 4 - fundamental insights to post. An association formed when neurons release their electronchemical messages to other neurons. Science is not about facts; it is about hypotheses, observations, probabilities, statistical analyses and conclusions. : the process of repeating a study and finding a similar result each time. : creating a study using multiple methods, finding convergent evidence scholarly journals are read and critiqued by experts in the specific field of study. : a process in which papers submitted for publication in. However, there is a gap between what we can observed and what we want to understand. : what you think is happening in reality. Operationalisation: the process of taking one"s pure" theoretical construct, and figuring out how to represent it through some sort of measurement device. Validity: degree to which an instrument or precedure actually measures what it claims to mesure.
