PSYC 2015 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Dependent And Independent Variables, Tobacco Smoking, Statistical Inference
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Scientific approach (it can come from three aspects: authority, common sense, intuition. Skepticism is ideas that need to be evaluated very carefully to make sure their logic and results are scientific. Empiricism: to gain knowledge based on observation (this can only be based on observation) Goals of science: describing behavior, prediction behavior, determining the cause of behavior, explaining behavior. Hypothesis & tentative ideas prediction & deliberate guess. Respondents (survey studies) the one we use. A statement of general principles thought which we can understand the world a little better. Organize and explain a variety of specific facts or description of behavior. If we know the principles of electricity, we can better understand light bulbs and lighting and toasters and much more. We use knowledge and generate new knowledge by guiding our observations. If the fuse is (cid:271)low(cid:374), the(cid:374) the la(cid:373)p wo(cid:374)"t tur(cid:374) o(cid:374) Structure of the skull describes personality traits and alibies.
