PSY 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: String Theory, Falsifiability, Empiricism

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1001
• Professor: Habashi Meara

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3 characteristics of science: empirical (learning data thought observation, verification, testable hypotheses. Characteristics of science: empiricism, relies on observation (learn through observation to gain knowledge, psychology uses structured empiricism. Observations structured around a specific question or hypothesis: verification, conclusion checked by others (when we have a study, we have a finding. This finding should be verified and replicated by other people. Everyone who replicates this finding should be able to be replicated by that person: methods used in psychology: Peer review (people tell you why you might be wrong or why you might be right) Replication (most important because we cannot assume something exists until we"ve replicated it multiple times) Catches mistakes, falsification, and lying: testable hypothesis, questions must have observable or measurable answers (must have measurable answer, observable outcomes, examples of untestable hypothesis: 6 principles we can use to evaluate research claims.