PSYCH 1F03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Scatter Plot, Scientific Method
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Informal answers: personal level, rely on personal experiences, common sense and reasoning. Useful methods for day to day life but can be entirely wrong and misleading. Formal methods: set of techniques and concepts known as the scientific method. Minimize the chances of being mislead by stories that sound good. Forces us to test claims we might otherwise accept without though because it is appealing. Allows scientists to trust and build on each other"s work. Ob ob mouse: term for a mouse that is the result of a genetic mutation associated with extreme obesity in the mouse. We have a strong tendency to perceive what we expect to perceive. Operational definition: actions or operations that will be made to objectively measure or control a variable, always open to argument. Ex, trip to porch preceding pam"s return home with 10 min. Variable: a feature or characteristic that is free to take on at least two different values.
