PSYCO104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Desirability Bias, Operational Definition, Halo Effect

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: Claire Scavuzzo

Document Summary

1: gather the information and formulate a hypothesis, test the hypothesis by conducting an experiment (or research, analyze the collected data and draw conclusions to report findings, build a body of knowledge, or ask further questions. This method accounts for pre-existing data (multiple findings in the natural world are explained) Generates integrated network of predictions for incoming data must be testable predictions and hypotheses. This method is self correcting based on the results of the hypothesis. There is no single correct method as the scientific method. Evidence is collected to strengthen a theory. Without the scientific method we utilize common sense, and are subject to bias. A theory is not an educated guess, it is well supported by multiple forms of evidence. A theory can also never be proven. Law of parsimony the simpler theory is always prefered. In summary, it is predicting an outcome that we are already expecting.