PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Masters And Johnson, Kinsey Scale, Observer-Expectancy Effect
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Not what you study but how you study it. Four canons of science: determinism, orderly universe, systematic, theories: causal relation between two or more variables, variables: characteristics that changes or has different values for different individuals. Ability to make causal statements between 2 or more variables. Best way to figuring out orderly principles is by: empiricism, collecting data, making observations. Straight from horse"s mouth for the number of teeth: parsimony occam"s razor , explain observations in simples way. 2 competing theories that equally well explain a set of empirical observations, prefer simpler of the two! Least assumptions: testability, testable scientific theories, using available research techniques. Falsifiability must be possible to make an observation to shows the hypothesis/theory to be false. Operational definitions theoretical constructs stated in terms of concrete, observable procedures: sometimes well-defined and easily measured. Height, temperature, weight: or not well-defined and can"t be directly observed.
