PSY344H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scientific Method, Germ Theory Of Disease
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Comes from idea of answering philosophical questins-wht is the soul, meaningt o life, what i consciousness, what is the dif between anials and humans. Vigorous anantomy and combjied it with philiospshy to create psychology. Some ppl say psychology isnt a science empirical scientific method, use of theory we always critically evluate again and agin. Theory of gravity- very good theory- no theory is never really finished. Idea of gravity i still changing- so robust that we call it law but tis still a theory- Sciece doesn"t matter what the materail is- its how its done that"s important- use of we"re very sure of it. Why don"t we see law of evolution- much evidence but theory of evolution isn"t. Phcologival research wasn"t always based on empirical methods- in freud"s time ppl-1920s and 1930s-wasn"t always thi way- ppl wer still deating about germ wasn"t empirircal he didn"t have evidence to support it theory- doctors werent wahing their hands.
