PSYC 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Causal Inference, Skeptical Movement, Behavioural Sciences
1 Feb 2018
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A potential alternative cause of an observed relationship between variables. Research conducted to address practical problems and potential solutions. As an alternative to the scientific method of acquiring knowledge, accepting anything learned from supposed authority figures. Research that attempts to answer fundamental questions about the nature of behaviour. Observing that a change in one variable is accompanied by a change in a second variable. Use of objective observations to answer a question about the nature of behaviour. Capable of being shown to be false when tested using scientific methods; a good scientific idea or theory should be falsifiable. Within psychology and the behavioural sciences are four general goals to scientific research: to describe behaviour, to predict behaviour, to to determine that causes the behaviour, to understand or explain behavior. Unquestioning acceptance of what your personal judgement or a single story about one pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e tells (cid:455)ou about the world.
