PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes -Confounding, Operational Definition, Stamen
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Reading of lecture 2-psychology chapter 2-the research enterprise in psychology (week of. Summarize the central kings rural high school incident. And other scientists set: measurement and description. Any theory that is created must be testable. Basically, psys. goal is to develop measurement techniques that make it possible t describe behaviour clearly. If u were interested in the effects of diff. situations on emotions, u wld. 1st hav to develop a way to measure the effects the situations had on emotions: understanding and prediction. Scientists believe they understand something when they are able to explain it: application and control. Scientists hope that the info they find can be applied in reality to solve probs. An uncertain statement about the relationship between two variables. Are any measurable conditions, events, characteristics, or behaviours that are controlled or observed in a study. If u were studying that fear causes arousal, the 2 variables wld be physiological arousal and emotional state.
