PS270 Study Guide - Final Guide: Naturalistic Fallacy, Hindsight Bias, Social Psychology
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How do values affect social psychology: obvious ways in which values enter, e. g. , choice of research topics, not-so-obvious ways in which values enter, subjective aspects of science, psychological concepts contain hidden values, e. g. , the naturalistic fallacy. Is social psychology simply common sense: hindsight bias, the tendency to exaggerate, after learning an outcome, one"s ability to have foreseen it, the i-knew-it-all-along phenomenon. Research methods: the process of research, forming and testing hypotheses, correlational research, survey research, experimental research, correlational vs. Forming and testing hypotheses: theory, an integrated set of principles that explain and predict observed events, hypothesis, a testable proposition that describes the relationship that may exist between events. Karl popper and falsifiability: philosophy of science, any genuine scientific theory brings with it criteria for disproving itself. Correlational research: study of naturally occurring relationships among variables, allows prediction, does not imply causation. Ie. ice cream consumption (x) causes drownings (y) factor z: warm weather.
