PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Subliminal Stimuli, Descriptive Statistics, Animal Testing

• School: UTM
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100Y5
• Professor: Dax Urbszat

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Scientific approach assumes that events are governed by some lawful order. Psychologists assume that behaviour is governed by discernible laws or principles. Hypothesis: a tentative statement about the relationship between two or more variables. Variables: any measurable conditions, events, characteristics, or: application and control: apply research findings to practical problems. Steps in a scientific investigation: (systematic: formulate a testable hypothesis: hypotheses expressed as predictions that spell out how changes in one variable will be related to changes in another variable; variables must be clearly defined. Participants/subjects: the persons or animals whose behaviour is: collect the data: commonly used techniques include direct observation, questionnaires, interviews, psychological tests, physiological recordings and examination of archival records observations and measurements. Journal: periodical that publishes technical and scholarly material, usually in a narrowly defined area of inquiry. Research methods: consist of various approaches to the observation, measurement, manipulation, and control of variables in empirical studies; they are general strategies for conducting studies.