PSYC85H3 Study Guide - Humanistic Psychology, Louis Leon Thurstone, Clinical Psychology
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Logical positivism the philosophy formulate general principles for gathering knowledge, taking these rules from successful knowledge gathering disciplines (ie physics & chem. ) Began with a group called the vienna circle, a group of scientists/logicians working in vienna. Carnap (1959) supports this philosophy: knowledge is embodied in language. In experiements, observations should be described by protocol sentences. Verification principal the meaning of a statement is its method of verification; the truth or falsehood of statements must be objectively determinable. Protocol sentences sentences that refer to publicly observable events; these sentences are meaningful, but no surplus meaning (ambiguity in what they state) Dispositional concepts descriptions of lawful relationships b/t independent and dependent variables. Has the form: if x, then y. x=stimulus, y=bh. Falsifiability concept by philosophers such as karl popper (1965) Operationalism idea that suggests researchers to specify how a concept is measured.
