PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Normal Distribution, Sampling Error, Internal Validity

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Ashley

Document Summary

Rationalism: view that reason and biological argument (not experience) is most important for how we acquire knowledge. Brain (among secondary organs) exists to cool blood and maintain tempered state of mind. Most people think yes but studies have proven otherwise. People have moved pasted rationalism and now conduct experiments to prove or form theories. Identify problem > gather info > hypothesis > experiment > conclusion and data analysis > restart process. Researcher might want to redo experiment to further test theory or move on to new test. Replicate with modi cations to extend research to become part of programmatic research. Descriptive methods: any means to capture, report, record, or describe a group. Identifying what is without necessarily understanding why it is . Observational/ field research: non-experimental research of behavior. Naturalistic observation: observation of behavior as it happens, without an attempt to manipulate or control the conditions: allows us to understand exactly how something occurs in the real world.