PS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 2: Syphilis, Test Validity, Naturalistic Observation
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A: tending to let findings emerge form the data collected rather than dealing with defined in advance variables and narratives of experiences (used to examine progress of psychotherapy) A: designed to examine cause and affect relationships where variables are established ahead of time with numerical data (dominates psychology) Measurement + description develop ways to measure what you are testing for so you can describe the behavior. Understanding + predicting understanding/ explaining the root causes of behavior make and test hypothesis. Application + control apply research findings to solve everyday problems. A: a tentative statement about the relationship between 2 or more variables. A: a system of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations. Integrated apparently unrelated facts and principles into a whole to explain/ understand a behavior. Comprised of many hypothesizes test 1 or 2, if findings support hypothesis confidence in theory grows)
