PSYB04H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Facilitated Communication, Falsifiability, Empiricism
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Evidence based treatments: therapies that"s supported (cid:271)y resear(cid:272)h. Facilitated communication: a therapy to guide patients hands to type sentences on a computer: not e(cid:448)iden(cid:272)e (cid:271)ased resear(cid:272)h due to (cid:862)un(cid:272)ons(cid:272)ious (cid:272)uing(cid:863) The colour red is associated with danger, caution, etc. Students tend to take less risks, and do less well if the test booklet page is in red cover. How scien tists app roach th eir work. Empiricism: using data from senses and instruments as the basis for conclusion. Theory: a set of statements that describes general principles about variables relate to one another. Hypothesis: a prediction, a way of stating the specific outcome the researcher expects to observe if the theory is accurate. It intends to test a single part of a theory. Facilitated communication is not falsifiable because it can break the trust between the client and the facilitator. Good theories have parsimony: all other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best, ex.
