PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Rudolf Carnap, Logical Positivism, Falsifiability
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The way in which a person responds to a procedure for fostering a particular aptitude. Individuals with different aptitudes may respond differently to different treatments (cronbach). Research methods in which the investigator obtains a number of different measures on a set of participants and examines the relationships between these measures. Descriptions of lawful relationships between independent and dependent variables (carnap). A technique that begins with a set of correlations between several measures and then uses statistical procedures to derive a few underlying factors. The principle that scientific statements are capable of being falsified by being tested against publicly observable data (popper). A general, non-specific energy that can be directed towards specific abilities (spearman). The attempt to formulate general principles for gathering knowledge taking these rules from successful knowledge-gathering disciplines, such as physics and chemistry. The assumption that any differences between the experimental conditions are due only to chance (fisher).
