PSYB32H3 Chapter : PSYB32 Ch 5
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Science, the pursuit of systematized knowledge through observation. > method (systematic acquisition and evaluation of info) > goal (dvlptment of general theories that explain info) Theory, a set of propositions meant to explain a class of phenomena. > a theory permits the generation of a hypothesis, expectations about what should occur if a theory is true to be tested in research. > repression is a theoretical concept; theoretical concepts are inferred f/ observable data. E. g. an analyst might infer the presence of a repressed conflict f/ a patient s continual avoidance of discussing their rel sh w/ authority figures. > today, theoretical concepts are better defined by sets of operations than by a single operation linked to different measurements. All empirical research entails the collection of observable data (researchers observe several events and try to determine how they re related) > we want to understand the causes of the rel sh we have observed.
