Psychology 1000 : notebook for pysch.docx
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A good theory(cid:224) information in a meaningful way) incorporates existing facts and observations within a single broad framework (organizes (cid:224) its testable (cid:224) predictions made by the theory are supported by the findings of new research (cid:224) it conforms to the law of parsimony: if two theories can explain and predict the same phenomena equally well, the simpler theory is the more preferred one self esteem, stress, intelligence capable of being measured if we are to study them (cid:224) just because scientists use the test of understanding doesn"t mean the prediction requires understanding. Measures of overt behaviour (cid:224) another measurement approach is to record directly observable behavior (cid:224) measure through errors, reaction time etc reaction time(cid:224) how rapidly they respond to a stimulus after ingesting various amounts of alcohol (cid:224) psychologists developed coding systems to record different categories of behavior reliable(cid:224) unobtrusive measures(cid:224) response times are being measured archival measures(cid:224)
