Psychology 1000 Chapter 2: Chapter 2 Textbook Notes
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Psychology was later to start using the scientific method than physists and chemists scientists must be curious people with open minds. Gathering evidence: steps in the scientific process see lecture notes. Most common method to try to understand behavior in our everyday life. Main problem with relying on hindsight: related past events can be explained in many creative, reasonable, and sometimes contradictory ways. There is no sure way to determine which-if any-of the alternatives is correct. Good theories generate integrated network of predicitons. Incorporates facts and observations within a single broad framework. Is supported by findings of new research y y y conforms to the law of parsimony: if 2 theories can explain and predict the same phenomena equally well, the simpler theory is preferred. Even theories that have been proven over and over again are not considered an absolute truth because it is always possible that a newer theory will displace it.