PSYC 3301 Lecture 1: Greatest Hits Vol 1 (Research Methods Review)
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Science helps us figure out what is true. Scientific method: observe behavior or other phenomena, form a tentative answer (general hypothesis, use your hypothesis to generate a testable prediction (research hypothesis) Involves deductive reasoning: evaluate the prediction by making systematic, planned observations, use the observations to support, refute, or refine the original hypothesis. Yikes: mozart music & iq, people with mental illness & violence, police profiling is useful/reliable, hypnosis is useful/reliable to uncover repressed memories, hallmark of dyslexia is reversing (mixing) up letters. Not a question but a statement about your prediction. Know or do so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause that"s ho(cid:449) it"s always been. Hard to combat, not a good way to make decisions. Method of authority (also, method of faith) Authority in one aspect (parent) but not every. Not always the best way to acquire knowledge. Takes 2 premises to form a conclusion.
