[PSYCH 1F03] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (98 pages long)

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Ensures reliable and meaningful research: construct a theory, generate hypothesis, chose research method, collect data, analyze data, report findings, revise existing theories. How to collect info while minimizing bias and conflicts. Study existing collection of info about the world. Helps construct theory which guides the creation of hypotheses. Any specific trends/relationships --> acceptation or rejection of original hypothesis. Findings must be scholarly, accurate, and meaningful to the field. Eric buys an energy drink claiming to improve focus while studying. Theory: test performance can be influenced by external factors; specific testable prediction --> students taking energy drink should show improved test performance when compared with students not drinking energy drinks. Anecdotal evidence: evidence gathered from others or self experience. Cannot be sure that result is due to energy drinks alone. Experiment: scientific tool used to measure the effect of one variable on another --> scientist manipulates the iv to study its effect on the dv.

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