PSYB01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Demi Lovato, Metatheory, Falsifiability
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Several sources: shear curiosity, personal experience, theoretical basis, professional practice, mentorship. Starts as a broad question that must be narrowed. Problem: question is limited to the author"s (cid:448)ie(cid:449) Problem: too many variables to be covered, too broad. Problem: already answered- if scholars agree to your answer. Hypothesis statements should be specific, parsimonious, and falsifiable. Introspective self-analysis: using metatheories as thought-evokers, find the exception to the rule, matter of degree, generate explanations, change the directionality. Identifying variables of interest: variables are things in the world that can vary and be measured. Iv independent variable: what is manipulated (changing the variable in a specific, organized way: dp dependent variable: what is measured, extraneous variable (confound): anything affecting a dv that may unintentionally vary by way of experimental conditions. Operational def: carefulness as measured by manual dexterity while playing operation. Results: those in cute condition showed greater improved motor control after seeing the slides than those in the non-cute condition.
