PSYCH 1X03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Formal Methods, Operational Definition, Intelligence Quotient
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Informal answers: replying on your personal experiences, common sense. Psychologists are interested in exploring questions with formal methods (set of techniques and concepts = scientific method) When applying a more formal set of methods for investigating, it turns out overeat because they"re fat what you see, hear, feel, smell and taste may not be as accurate as you assume. You tend to perceive what you except to perceive even when your expectations don"t match up with reality. Key element in the design of any scientific study. To ask and answer questions, need to agree on exactly how variables are defined. Construct = idea of theory with various conceptual elements, typically subjective. Intelligence is a construct, that is quite useful for describing concept in a general way, but difficult to measure. Iq test seems to be a reasonable operational definition of intelligence. Misses out of certain aspects of intelligence such as musical or social/emotional.
