PSYB01H3 Lecture Notes - Research, Tape Recorder, Refworks

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Observations/insights that you get that helps you start research projects. How previous research plays into getting the research project started. What makes a good/bad hypothesis to get started w/ project. How to get initial idea: by things around them, direct observation, things that you see in enviro, things that you see others doing, things that you wonder about. A lot of psychologists study animal behavior. What sorts of behavior do animals engage in? if they"re pack animals and there"s an alpha animal. What sorts of beh to establish themselves at the top of the pack: question things that you seem to take for granted; mundane things; look at this stuff esp when it comes to human social behavior. Ex) in store, use debit card; ppl do diff things when typing in pins. Most of the stuff, ppl haven"t done extensive research on.