PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Project Mkultra, Paul E. Meehl, Anxiety Disorder
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Lack of scienti c literacy and critical thinking in the past governor miller thought classical music made people smarter but this was based off one study and wasn"t really true in general. Scienti c research strives for objectivity assumes that certain facts about world can be observed and tested independently from the individual who describes them. When people observe an event, their interpretation of it becomes subjective knowledge of event is shaped by prior beliefs, expectations, experiences, and mood. Based on measurements that are objective, valid, and reliable. Objective measurements the measure of an entity or behaviour that, within an allowed margin of error, is consistent across instruments and observers; e. g. one kg is always one kg. Weight varies from scale to scale due to the margin of error. Variable the object, concept, or event being measured; e. g. weight; a single variable can be measured in many different ways in modern times.
