PSYC 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rela, Wilhelm Wundt, Scientific Method

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Research: systematic approach used to explore a question called the scientific method, used in a plethora of dis- ciplines. Psychology is considered a science because it is based on the scientific method, period. There is no way you can have the same sort of base explanation about all human behaviour like you can about computer behaviour or behaviour of cells, any kind of natural science. You won"t find a physical representation or exact measurement of the things psychologists study. Charles sanders peirce believed the scientific method to be one among four distinct approaches to providing a foundation for strongly held beliefs & explaining things - called the fixation of beliefs. Objectivity: operationalizing variables (defining in terms of measurement), keeping inferences low. Self-correction: the right to be incorrect and revise theoretical models in the light of new data. Control, through either systematically manipulating factors of interest or planned randomization. Scientific method bases off of empirical research (observation)

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