PSYCH 225 Final: Exam #1 Review (Fall 2009)
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1: what is science & related lecture material. Tenacity: acceptance of a belief because we have always known it to be this way , these statements are rarely examined. Authority: when an authority figure tells us that an idea is true. Replication: a procedure is repeated under similar conditions; if similar results are yielded, there is further evidence for the topic tested. Empiricism: process of relying on sensory experience to verify our ideas about reality. Marker variables: an event that occurs along with the process we are studying. Ex: dreaming is accompanied by rapid-eye movement, called rem sleep. Scientific problem solving: step 1: identify the problem. Look at literary research to determine what is known and what you can add. Develop one or more hypotheses about the topic: step 2: design the experiment, step 3: conduct the study, step 4: test the hypothesis, step 5: communicate findings.
