PSY100H1 Chapter 2: Psy100- Chapter 2.doc

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

Document Summary

Empirical questions: can be answered by observing and measuring the world around us, can be proven t/f. Many significant findings are result of serendipity: the unexpected stumbling upon something important. Chance findings typically occur when some event happens was not part of original plan of study: an objective examination of the natural world has four goals. What causes it to happen (causal control) Empirical process: theory: idea or model of how something works, hypothesis: specific prediction of what should be observed if the theory is correct, research: involves systemic and careful collection of data (objective info) to examine or test. Theory: cognitive development occurs in a fixed series of stages from birth to adolescence. One test: children of different ages compare volume of equal amounts of liquid in different-sized glasses. Only children at certain age/stage able to see all equal. Studies in psycho science have subsequently show some aspects of this theory were wrong.