[PSYC 1] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (35 pages long!)
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We use scientific inquiry to sift reality from illusion. A self-correcting process for asking questions & observing answers. Scientific method: explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events. A statement of how the procedures are used to define research variables. Research & observation procedures and measurement of research variable to test hypothesis. Correction process only after gathering data (or else you"ll have hindsight bias) Observation technique where you have one or a few participants. Usually b/c it"s so rare & difficult to study, and is very in-depth. Could be coincidence sometimes freak accidents are just that, sometimes for just that individual. Person observing has to be careful to be consistent and objective about what they are recording. Some experimenters will ask people who are unaware of the hypothesis to do the observing for them. Focuses on recording events, seeks to identify how humans & other animals behave, particularly in natural settings.
