PSYC207 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Univariate, Analysis Of Covariance, Covariance

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC207
• Professor: Begosh Kristen

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Acquiring knowledge: tradition- repeat often, accept as truth, intuition- no evidence, go of feelings , authority- listen and accept as truth, personal experience- subjective. Usually irst step to further research: reasoning- using rules of logic, empiricism- learning through your senses, science- use empiricism and rational thought. Critical thinking: ask questions, deine the problem with an operational deinition. Description of how to measure a construct: examine evidence, analyze assumptions and biases, avoid emotional reasoning, don"t oversimplify/overgeneralize, consider alternative explanations, tolerate uncertainty. Ask dates everything and always design cuddle time. Scientiic method: ask a question based on observation, data or theories, form hypothesis, conduct research, analyze indings, make conclusion about hypothesis, support theory or revise theory. Conceptual: prediction in abstract terms (using constructs) Statistical: prediction about how means are related: directional vs. nondirectional. Directional: hypothesizing who will be better and who will be worse. Nondirectional: stating there will be a diference: null vs. Alternative: diference between groups (directional/nondirectional: hypothesis testing.