PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Confounding, Pseudoscience, Blind Experiment
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Nature of science: testing by observing (collecting data). Common sense: intuitive ability to observe the world. Peer review: open to being replicated, read to check for methodology, etc. Can"t be tested, overlying idea that can include hypotheses. H y p o t h e s i s tested could have had outside influence. Mozart effect: classical music increases intelligence the way it was. Pseudoscience presented as science, but lacks scientific qualities: variables- any characteristic that changes, double blind - when neither party knows, population - in example: anybody between 21-35, sample - portion that"s observes. Descriptive studies: only describe, detailed observing without experiments. Meta-analysis: looking for all possible studies, and compile them of a specific topic. Correlation studies: relationship between two variables for issues that are unethical look at the past and research. Everyone has the same likelihood of being in either group. Placebo effect: thinking something will work, so it does.
