PSYCH 2C03 Final: FULL DETAILED COURSE NOTES Psych 2c03

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2C03
• Professor: Jennifer Ostovich

Document Summary

Whatever you get better on is 55%, other is worth 45%. The scientific study of how people"s affect, behaviors, and cognitions are influences by the presence of at least one other person. Basically any situation you are not completely alone, even when your alone when your texting, or driving, that is still a social situation. You observe something in the real world and develop a hypothesis and have predictions based on your hypothesis and test the idea by designing a specific experiment. If it fails to conform to the hypothesis, modify the hypothesis and tests again. We" use statistics to prove things, hence nothing proves anything. Confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent stephen jay gould. Can we say that x caused y: generalizability (aka external validity ) -> can the findings be applied to others, or are the relevant only to the group being studied.