PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Scientific Method, Random Assignment, Job Satisfaction
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Psychology broadly defined as the scientific study of people, the mind and feel, think, behave, believe and interact. The scientific method is the cornerstone of research. Scientific method a formal way of knowing that is exclusively reliant upon objective, empirical investigation. The scientific method serves as a playbook or toolbox for psychological research. The origins of scientific method may be traced to the school of philosophy know as empiricism. Empiricism a school of philosophy that holds that knowledge is gained through experience, observation, and experiment. In science, the term empirical is used to denote information gained objectively from observation or experimentation. Data information that is gained objectively from observation or experimentation that can be measured and evaluated statistically. These data constitute empirical evidence against which all scientific knowledge is tested. The scientific method is crucial to research because it minimizes bias by providing the ruled by which observations are collected and results are evaluated.
