PSYB01H3 Lecture Notes - Scientific Progress, Major Depressive Disorder, Dependent And Independent Variables
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Provides an objective set of rules for gathering, evaluating, and reporting information . Researchers create systematic observation and study to refute what we think is true. > seeks to falsify what we think is true. Theory -> structural framework based on the empirical evidences. Scientists design a study to testify and question a part of the theory. >either ending up falsifying the theory or verifying/strengthening the theory. > variability(the range of potential values for any measurable physical or mental features) Ideas must be evaluated based on careful logic and results from scientific investigations. More you know about scientific method, the more skeptical you will be of research results. E. g. , study on new antidepressant applied to cure clinical depression (concerns with variability) Control group (no antidepressant tested, used to compare with the experimental group) Conclusions about the nature of the world based on collection and evaluation of data that is evaluated in a systemic way.
