PSY 7 Chapter Notes -Measuring Instrument, Thirteenth Grade, Formal System
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Empirical reasoning: reasoning using observation, experimentation, and research. Consumer of research: psychologists who work outside the lab and use the information already produced. Producer of research: psychologists who work within the lab to produce information to use in real life. - involves having a theory and then collecting data to prove or disprove that. A good theory is supported by data, falsifiable, and parsimonious. - basic inspires applied research and vise versa. theory. Theory research questions research design hypothesis data theory . Theory: a statement that describes how different variables relate to each other. Hypothesis: predictions for what theories will be correct. Empiricism: approach f collecting data and using it to develop, support, or challenge a theory. Applied research: done with a practical problem in mind. Basic research: done in order to add to general knowledge. Translational research: the bridge between applied and basic. either dispersed or revised with more data.
