Psychology 2820E Study Guide - Final Guide: Nuremberg Code, Participant Observation, Inductive Reasoning

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2820E
• Professor: Graeme Haynes

Document Summary

Intuitive thinking: automatic, effortless, efficient, often adaptive and feels right but often wrong and blinds the user to important information. Introspection: the examination of one"s own conscious thoughts and feelings. In psychology the process of introspection relies exclusively on observation of one"s mental state, while in a spiritual context it may refer to the examination of one"s soul. Strict positivism / na ve empiricism: indicate that all knowledge is acquired through the sense, and if something is not directly sensed or measurable it should not be used as an explanatory factor. Logical positivism / sophisticated empiricism: suggested that unobservable constructs that could logically be tied to observable events could be used as explanatory factors. Method of inquiry: (positivist view of research, empirical method) key distinguishing feature is the insistence of using objective, systematic, and publically verifiable observation data. Principle of falsifiability/falsifiability criterion: one of the main. Ultimate goal of scientific research: establish empirical principles or.