PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Pseudoscience, Psychological Science, Participant Observation
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Chapter 1: uncommon sense: scientific method and human reasoning. Psychology: scientific study of people, the mind and behaviour. Maximization scale: opportunity maximizers found 20% higher paying jobs but were more dissatisfied with their jobs than satisficers. Scientific method: procedures and techniques for conducting and evaluating psychological framework; formal way of thinking about a problem idea or question: countervailing force to bias that might distort a study. Empiricism: knowledge is gained through experience observation and experiment; objective. Data: information gained objectively from observation or experiments, can be measured and evaluated statistically. Bias: unfair practices that wrongly discriminate against others. Is vs ought distinction: "is" question are answered by facts or empirical data and are independent of culture etc. Ought questions are subjective depend on cultural values etc. Theory: coherent set of propositions that are used as principles to describe, understand and explain psychological or behavioural phenomena.
