Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Clairvoyance, Statistical Significance, Internal Validity
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Darley and latane: the presence of multiple bystanders causes diffusion of responsibility: 2. 1 pg 39 as relates to darley and latane experiment***: identify a question of interest, gather information and form hypothesis. From media or peers or world, scientists find question that interests them. Each person feels less personal responsibility for intervening violent crime on kitty. Determine whether any pre-existing studies, theories and other info might help answer it. Then, form hypothesis: specific prediction about phenomenon often in the form: ifthen: test hypothesis by conducting research, analyze data, draw tentative conclusions, and report findings to scientific community. Publishing research is essential to scientific progress: allows scientists to learn about new ideas and findings, evaluate, challenge or expand on it: build a body of knowledge. Ask further questions, formulate & test new hypotheses. Enough evidence may lead to theory: set of broader formal statements explaining how/why events are related: usually relating behaviour and its causes.