Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Confounding, Heart Rate, Lightning

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Kaden vanhelden: identify a question of interest, gather information and form a hypothesis, test hypothesis by conducting research, analyze data, draw conclusions and report findings, build a body of knowledge. Understanding behaviour: hindsight (after-the-fact, prediction, control, and theory building, not ideal, as past events can"t always be explained so simply, often the foundation for further scientific inquiries, scientists like the what causes what understanding, theories should: i. Incorporate existing facts and observations in a meaningful way. Self-reports ask people to report their own feelings, beliefs and stuff so it hinges on a person"s honesty: they are distorted by a social desirability basis where people desire to give an answer that is socially acceptable. Measuring directly observable behaviour reaction time. Also use a coding system to record categories of behaviour. This is so measurements will be reliable (consistent). Unobtrusive measures: recording behaviour in such a way that participants don"t know that a certain response is being measured.