Psychology 1000 Lecture 2: Phychology Ch 2 notes

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Darley and latane: the presence of multiple bystanders causes diffusion of responsibility: 2. 1 pg 39 as relates to darley and latane experiment**** Each person feels less personal responsibility for intervening violent crime on kitty: identify a question of interest: From media or peers or world, scientists find question that interests them: gather information and form hypothesis. Determine whether any pre-existing studies, theories and other info might help answer it. Then, form hypothesis: specific prediction about phenomenon often in the form: ifthen: test hypothesis by conducting research, analyze data, draw tentative conclusions, and report findings to scientific community. Publishing research is essential to scientific progress: allows scientists to learn about new ideas and findings, evaluate, challenge or expand on it: build a body of knowledge. Ask further questions, formulate & test new hypotheses. Enough evidence may lead to theory: set of broader formal statements explaining how/why events are related: usually relating behaviour and its causes.