Chapter : psych 2990 nfinal exam review
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Four goals of science: description- illustrating the nature of a phenomenon. Identifying and reporting the details, often distinguishing between the classes or types. Adjustment to the elderly one might distinguish between emotional adjustment and social adjustment and then measure people who fit into this classification. Could find out if an elderly person has a pet. One aspect of understanding: prediction- factors that are related to a phenomenon. Changes in one factor cause changes in the other. Having a pet may have no effect on adjustment of the elderly even thought a. Just because two factors are related doesn"t mean casually related relationship may exist. Social cognitive approach vs engaged research/ critical approach. Paradigm= positivism = researcher separated from research, reduction of bias. Make sure their work accurately sheds light on genuine social psychological problems. Study of hotel guests being encouraged to reuse towels if they were convinced others were too.
