PSYB65H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Telepathy, Sagittal Plane, Hemoglobin
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Empirical method, replication [so initial results did not occur by chance and generalizable] Hypothesis directs the research [statement that can be rejected: eliminates vague question, avoids questions that cannot be disproved independent [manipulated] and dependent variables [response beh] Much of research in neuropsychology is quasi-experimental > ethically and practically we cannot manipulate the independent variable directly. May be few of the kinds of people we want to see, man confounding var. 1930-65, dominated by the study of white lab rats. Assumption that there are minimal basic diff btwn most mammals. Nonhuman studies > allowed to control all of the aspects of the life cycle: greater objectivity and precision that is not in human experiments reduces variability that is attributable to extraneous variables can isolate causal conclusions. Now know imp diff among species which also tells us something. Examination of discrete lesions >insight into relationship brain and beh.
