PSC 41 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Empiricism, Behaviorism
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Slide 10 it is common in science to adjust theories to accommodate new empirical evidence. Empiricism is when we systemaically gather data and answer the quesion; reduce subjecivity. The data may not support the theory; must be open to accept whatever the data tells us in order to reduce bias. Study must be designed to also tell us if we are wrong; appropriate control or comparison group. Example: 3 envelopes, one has a dollar bill: predictor variable (x): whether you stay or switch envelopes, outcome variable: chances of winning the dollar bill, chances of switching are beter (67% to 33%) An integrated set of principles that explains observaions and can be used to deduce a large number of hypotheses: clariies, interprets, raises quesions. Testable- you can do empirical work on it to determine if it is conirmable or not. A predicion about what will happen between the variables of interest.
