Psychology 1000 Chapter 2: Psychology 1000 Ch 2

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

Document Summary

Diffusion of responsibility a psychological state in which each person feels decreased personal responsibility for intervening. S ren kierkegaard life is lived forwards, but understood backwards . Problem: there is no sure way to determine which if any of the alternatives is correct. Related past events can be explained in many creative, reasonable, and contradictory ways. Hindsight reasoning can provide valuable insights and is often the foundation on which further scientific inquiry is built. If we understand the causes of a given behavior, then we should be able to predict the conditions under which that behavior will occur in the future. If we can control those conditions, then we should be able to produce the behavior. It incorporates existing facts and observations within a single broad framework. It generates hypotheses and predictions whose accuracy can be evaluated by gathering new evidence. The predictions made by the theory are supported by the findings of new research.