PSYB01H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Operational Definition, Pseudoscience, Concurrent Validity
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Intuition; accept unquestioningly what personal judgment of experience tells you about the world. Illusory correlation; focus on two events that stand out and occur together. After developing a hypothesis a scientist carefully collects data to evaluate whether that hypothesis accurately reflects the nature of the world. Pseudoscience; uses scientific terms to substantiate claims without using data: hypotheses generated are falsifiable, supportive evidence tends to be anecdotal/relies heavily on experts (genuine peer reviewed scientific references. Co-variation of cause and effect; cause occurs=effect occurs/cause doesn"t occur=effect doesn"t occur. Elimination of alternative explanation; there should be no other explanation for the relationship apart from the causal effect: explanation of behaviour should be possible. Basic research; attempts to answer fundamental questions about the nature of behaviour/four goals of scientific research. Applied research; conducted to address practical problems and find potential solutions: program evaluation; evaluates the social reforms/innovations that occur in government, education, institutions. Hypothesis; is a statement about something that may be true.
