PSYCH 225 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bar Chart, Scatter Plot, Line Graph
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Tenacity: acceptance of a belief based on the idea that we have always known it to be this way . Authority: accepting a new idea because an authority figure tells us to, relying on a knowledgeable person or group as a means of knowing about the world. Reason and logic: draw conclusions and rule of alternative hypothessis. Empiricism: relying on sensory experience to verify our ideas about reality. Learning about the world through observation and experimentation is an example of empiricism. Marker variables: an event that occurs along with the process that we are studying. Naturalistic observation: to watch a phenomenon occur naturally and get a general idea of what is involved in the process. Correlational approach: helps to explain complex systems by describing how one ascpect of the system might be associayed with another aspect with another aspect. Low heart rates were associated with older ages and high heart rates with younger ages: negative correlation.
