PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Evolutionary Psychology, Cognitive Therapy, B. F. Skinner

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Yaroslav Konar

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You will discover hoe researchers develop and test the theories that underline the study of sexuality. You will be introduces to a variety of theories that describe and explain aspects of human sexuality. Dr. hamish is conduction an experiment to see if religious af liation affects the frequency of se between married partners. What as pet of the reaches proved is the pre x that religious af liation affects the frequency of sexual encounters: the psychodynamic theory b) c) d) the hypothesis the theory the conclusion. Theory: scienti c theory is different, scienti c data supported by observations, supported by experts in the eld, mist satisfy at least 3 criteria. Must be a way to prove it wrong. Hypothesis: a prediction based on the theory about a speci c outcome of a research study. The scienti c method as an ongoing process see diagram exam question.