PSYC 4030 Lecture 37: PSYC 4030 Lecture 37
1 May 2018
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PSYC 4030
Lecture 37
Scientific Thinking
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Other factors: girl thinks he’s funny, him having a British
accent makes him confident, approaching more women
Alternative explanations
Figuring Things Out
It is difficult to know whether one thing causes another
thing because many things are changing at the same
time
Is it the new novel strategy or something else happening
at the same time
Correlation DOES NOT equal CAUSATION
Difficult to determine what causes what. That is why we
use scientific experiments
Science & Scientific Thinking – Some Basics
Two Definitions of Science
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