PSY 250- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 56 pages long!)
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Produce data based conclusions: statement and conclusions should be supported by objectively gathered. Produces tentative conclusions: science is a self correcting enterprise, conclusions are never absolute, but research brings us closer to the truth, scientist don"t use the word proves . Develops theories that can be disproven: hypothesis - a prediction about the study"s outcome, theory - summarizes what is known and proposes working explanations for some phenomena, good hypothesis and theories must be falsifiable. Issue of ethnic stemmed from nuremberg trails at the end of the wwii. Fully informed of the nature of the study. Studying the effects of syphilis on different races. Poor black participants easy to induce to visit clinics. The tuskegee syphilis study (1953 - 1972: never informed of the nature of the study. Participants left untreated for decades even though they were dying at 2x the rate as controlled group.
