PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Scientific Method, Dependent And Independent Variables, Caffeine

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: Peter Aubin

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Go over exam requirements, communication, use of culearn, course outline. Learning automatically linked to sequence of information e. g. alphabet. Work with material i different ways so that learning is more profound. Linked to other concepts, make it personal. What are examples of your studying practices. This chapter is about psychology as a science. So we"ll be discussing research methodology e. g. the scientific method and statistical techniques for uncovering meaning from the data that we have gathered. An important part of understanding your data and interpreting results is to understand the potential flaws in the design. We"ll talk about some of the key culprits and how to control for them. We"ll also talk about the ethics of research. As you study chapters, make sure that you study the entire chapter including personal applications and critical thinking applications. To help you organize the information focus on these learning objectives: First why is all this important for you: discuss.