PSYC 2360 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Behavioural Sciences, Biomedicine, Pharmacology

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2360
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Hypothesis: a type of idea or question; it makes a statement about something thay may be true. Prediction: concerning the outcome of an experiment. When the results of a study confirm a prediction, the hypothesis is only supported, not proven. Common sense: things we all believe to be true. Study: people are likely to forget where something is placed when; (1) the location where the object i spaced is judged to be highly memorable and (2) the location is considered a very unlikely place for the object. Therefore, putting something in an unusual spot is not always a good idea. Study: one song was given to participants called bad man"s blunder that has a violent theme and was described as either rap or country mysic to two different groups. The particpants had more negative reaction to the lyrics when it was described as a rap song than when it was presented as country.