PSYC 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dependent And Independent Variables, Cocaine Dependence
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Social psychology- lecture 1- 5 th january 2016: the scientific method, make an observation, formulate a hypothesis about what you have observed, test the hypothesis. Re-write and keep altering the hypothesis: replication. If the same results are received again then you know the hypothesis is right. If the results are different every time then the hypothesis isn"t right. Need to relate the cause and effect of things as a relationship. Things that help the experiment: measurement: the process of assigning numbers to things, the number: is supposedly the underlining characteristics that are being measured. Variables: attributes or characteristics of individuals that vary. Construct: what exits; what you are trying to measure. Your anxiety is 30 on scale = but 30 is what is close to your anxiety level it is not the actual (perfect) constant. Conflict tactic scale: different people using different scales would measure/rate the same individual"s conflict level differently depending on the scale they are using.