PSC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Torsten Wiesel, Hermann Ebbinghaus, David H. Hubel
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All dreams represent fulfillment of unconscious wish sigmund freud. Testability a scientific hypothesis needs to be testable/measurable. Falsifiability it should be possible to test the hypothesis and potentially prove it to be false. Find a question state hypothesis gather data analyze data draw conclusions. Question: are their claims true, are they more successful, through their matching system, does it result in more satisfaction. Hypothesis: yes, it does result in higher satisfaction. Data: have people who used the website report their satisfaction compare to other people who haven"t. Similarity of partner"s personalities is only weakly related to relationship satisfaction (only accounts for 0. 5% percent of it). If a person has a personality that is conducive to relationships (such as being more agreeable) all if their relationships have a higher change of working. Online dating sites do not account for factors that have shown to have large impacts on relationship success, such as dealing with stress.
