Psychology 1000 Lecture : Methodology
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1: design and execute the experiment variables and controls, determine the truth , communicate the results, identify the problem and formulate a hypothesis. Hypothesis: a tentative statement about a relation between two or more events. Watching violent tv causes aggression based on social learning theory. We learn by watching others therefore the theory predicts that our hypothesis is correct. Behaviour theory rewarding encourages behaviour (easily testable since it"s physical) Freudian theory unconscious motivation encourages behaviour (too difficult to test: design and execute the experiment. Control needed to ensure that no other variables are measured. Control allows us to say that independent (causes) dependent. Without proper control, the experiment is confounded: determine the truth . Publish a report of the experiment in various journals. Present a verbal description of the results at a conference. Discuss along with several related experiments in a book. Psychologists are interested in explaining the causes of behaviour. To examine casual relations, they use the scientific method.