PSYC 2120- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 81 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Psychology scientific study of behaviour and the mind. Signs of a good theory: posits causal relationships (explains observations, attempts to be coherent (organizes observations) Tells a good story: aims for parsimony (explains observations explains a range of data with a few basic principles) Is testable (provides direction for research: proves fertile (generates new questions) Theory: people have a common source of controlled resources/willpower from which they draw. Experimental - manipulate one variable to see if it affects another variable in a predicted fashion. Theory - exerting willpower/control will deplete us: hypothesis women on a diet will have ewer cognitive resources than women not on a diet, correlational research. Examine whether the occurrence of a is related to the occurrence of b. Example: does exerting willpower/control deplete us: women on a diet have fewer cognitive resources than women not on a diet. Results correlation between restrained eating scores and the stroop task.
