PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Simple Explanation, Scientific Method, Falsifiability
26 Oct 2018
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Test 1 (ch 1-4) & 2 (ch 5-8): 63 questions, 30 from lecture, 30 from textbook, 3 from initial article (how to be successful student, worth 36% of grade. Is there a different explanation: falsifiability via experiments or observation, there is a way to show that a given theory is false, replication and quality control. Living with uncertainty: not knowing is fine, science tries to push boundaries of knowledge further; will accept this, collectivity, everyone who abides by evidence-based beliefs gets to play, working together to come to common findings. Edward titchener 1867-1927: studied with wundt and imported introspection to america. Issues with introspection: wilson and nisbett (1977) asked their participants to memorize word pairs. If you looked at the language/their components, it is very likely. Burrhus frederic skinner (1904-1990) *very famous psychologist: experimental psychologist, behaviors are shaped by consequences (reward and punishment)
