PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2.1: Falsifiability, Convenience Sampling, The Fourth Kind
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In january 1998, governor zell miller believed that providing young children with classical music would them smarter. What makes science such a powerful technique for examining behaviour is by striving objectively. Objectively - assumes that certain facts about the world can be observed and tested independently from the individual who describes them (e. g. scientist) As soon people observe an event, their interpretation of it becomes subjective. Subjective their knowledge of the event is shaped by prior beliefs, expectations, experiences, and even their mood. A scientific, objective approach to answering questions differs greatly from a subjective one. During the past few centuries, scientists have developed methods to help bring us to an objective understanding of the world. The foundation of scientific methodology is the use of objective measurements. Objective measurements the measure of an entity or behaviour that, within an allowed margin of error, is consistent across instruments and observes.
