PSYC 4070 : Test 1 Review
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Designs: science-theories and hypotheses, theory: integrated set of principles that explains and predicts what will occur and why things occur, hypothesis: testable, possible relationship between events. Should make specific predictions about what will happen if a theory is true. Use them to support or go against a theory: developmental psych is a science. It follows the scientific method: scientific method- way to collect information impartially, psychologists don"t control what is studied as much as other scientists. Hard sciences are things like chemistry, physics, things that suck: can"t achieve the amount of hard evidence as in the hard sciences. There is always a degree of uncertainty: in experiments the scientific method has 5 steps, 1. Devise a research question from previous studies by reviewing scientific literature or scientific observations. Observations have to be systematic and purposeful, gathering data with a purpose in mind (that purpose is to test a hypothesis): 2.
