PSYCH 303 Chapter Notes - Chapter -: Psych
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Attachment- mother is of value to baby because provides food ( cupboard ), and over. 1 time the sight of mother is associated with pleasure: harlow"s contact comfort theory- attached to mother because of the comfort of cozy touch. If data matches hypotheses, supports and strengthens the theory. If data does not match the hypotheses, must revise either the theory or the research design: data- set of observations (i. e. time spent that, features of good scientific theories. 2: supported by data- large quantity of variety, falsifiable- hypotheses that, when tested, parsimonious- all other things equal, the, theories do not prove anything of evidence could actually fail to support the theory simplest solution is the best. Not all journalists summarize the research accurately. Sometimes they dumb down the material to make it easier to understand for the public: the media distorts the effects of the main study like a game of telephone .
