PSY 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Procrastination, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Time Management
14 Feb 2018
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What are we doing today: how do we do scientific research, what is hypothesis testing, how can we know" anything, test 2 review. What is a science: based on observed date and purposing hypothesis. Psychology: a specific challenge (stand with philosophy: levels of analysis, social culture psychology biological. Theories vs hypotheses: what is a theory? (one explanation for something, what is a hypothesis? (one already has evidence or theory to support it and to make prediction , hypothesis is based on theory. You know it will cause something bad happen but you still procrastinate. Time management- people have different thoughts for managing time, someone may think this task is not important enough. Less motivation: not enough praise; overestimate the time we have to spend on the task. Hypothesis: should be testable, inform by their theory, and be specific. It tell us how to recognize and measure a concept.
