Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Natural Sciences And Engineering Research Council, Response Bias, External Validity

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Curiosity, skepticism, and open-mindedness are driving forces behind scientific inquiry. Step 1- identify a question of interest: sparked by curiosity; scientists observe something that piques their interest, and they ask a question about it. Step 2- gather information and form hypothesis: scientists determine whether any studies/theories/other information that might help answer the question already exist. Hypothesis : a tentative explanation or prediction about some phenomenon. Step 3- test hypothesis by conducting research: self explanatory. Step 4- analyze data, draw tentative conclusions, and report findings: researchers analyze the information (data) they collect, draw tentative conclusions, and report their findings to the scientific community. Step 5- build a body of knowledge: scientists build a body of knowledge about the topic in question. They ask further questions, formulate new hypotheses, and test those hypotheses by conducting more research. As evidence mounts, scientists may attempt to build theories.

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