PSYC 2360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Naturalistic Observation, Dependent And Independent Variables, Confounding
19 Jan 2017
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Purpose of behavioural research: increase understanding of behaviour, provide methods for improving the quality of our lives. Behaviour brainstorm: perceive the world, think, feel, change over time, learn, make decisions, interact w/ others. Values vs. facts empirical studies to conduct research: empirical based on observation or measurement, replicable, science must be based on what has come before it. (cid:498)smoking increases the incidence of cancer and heart disease(cid:499: people think they know things they don"t really know, hindsight bias the tendency to think we could have predicted something we probably couldn"t have. Scientific journals: abstract -> intro -> method -> results -> discussion -> references. What is the purpose/hypothesis/aim/objective of the study: 2. What is/are the major findings of the study: 3. How did the authors test their hypothesis: 4. How reliable (consistent) are the results: 5. Based on your analysis, are the claims made in this journal article accurate: 6.
