PSYCH 3325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Depeche Mode, Operationalization, Operational Definition
11 Jan 2017
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Common sense is contradictory (ex: absence makes the heart grow fonder vs. out of. Research allows us to have confidence in our understanding of things. Critically evaluate research results sight, out of mind) A hypothesis is an explicit, testable prediction about the conditions under which an outcome will occur. Two key features of a hypothesis: statement about at least 2 variables and how they are related. Variable: anything that can potentially hold more than one value. Apply a concept from one discipline to another. Provide overarching set of principles for explaining phenomena. Theory: depeche mode is the greatest band of the 80s. Operationalization is the process by which we make a theoretical variable one that we can measure. Eating cookies, intensity of electric shock given to someone, money, etc. Observational method: used to describe the nature of a phenomenon, researcher observes people and records details and impressions of their behavior.
