PSY 202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: External Validity, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Frontal Lobe
11 Oct 2017
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Use theories to predict behaviors and thougths. Describe how the scientific method can be used to gain an understanding of some psychological issue. Theory is constantly improved, or rejected with every experiment. replication of the study or a similar study can strengthen or weaken the theory. Variability (range, standard deviation) o o . Successful at removing confounding variables o . Findings can be generalized to a greater population o . Can be applied to other people and settings: everyone in the population is equally likely to participate, avoids selection bias, necessary to establish any causality, preexisting differences between the groups are controlled. What are inferential statistics used for: decides if differences between two or more groups is due to chance (statistically, do the results hold up in real life? significant) How are schemas useful: schemas help us perceive, organize and process information, common situations have consistent rules, people have specific roles in situational contexts.
