PNB 3RM3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Confirmation Bias, Null Hypothesis, Falsifiability

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
• Course: PNB 3RM3
• Professor: Ali Hashemi

Document Summary

Overview: features of science falsifiability scientific research confirmation bias. An approach with 3 features: systematic empiricism, empirical questions, creates knowledge. A pair of hypotheses entail two mutually exclusive and exhaustive possibilities: (1) null hypothesis (h0, (2) alternative hypothesis (h1) testability, experiments should be testable basic research: attaining better understanding of a problem. Designed to gain greater understanding of a phenomenon, not necessarily trying to address a problem. What most of the research done in psychology is asking questions basic in nature that tap into psychological constructs, mental processes, etc. these q"s are not necessarily applied to the real world ex: memory applied research: Use your observations and or practical problems to ask good questions exploring past research literature for gaps / follow ups questions to ask when asking questions:: What are some possible effects of the behavior or characteristic: how does it affect yourself, how does it affect other people, how does it affect emotions, etc.