Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Active Listening, Dependent And Independent Variables, Mnemonist

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mike Atkinson

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Scientific method: identify the problem + formulate hypothesis. Hypothesis: tentative statement about a relation between 2+ events. Theory: collection of hypotheses, an organizing system, more general elaborate, good theories generate good (testable) hypotheses, ex. Theory of relativity: freudian theory (untestable) vs. behaviour theory (testable, design + execute experiment. Control: extra variables should be controlled, without control, experiment is confounded (flawed, deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)e the (cid:862)truth(cid:863) Whether the results support the hypotheses: communicate the results. La(cid:271)elled (cid:272)a(cid:374)s (cid:858)m(cid:859) a(cid:374)d (cid:858)q(cid:859) (cid:858)more tha(cid:374) half(cid:859) preferred pepsi. Wrong components: letter preference, order of tasting, no sample size. Observational methods: collecting information about behaviour without changes, non-participant or participant, when prophesy fails by leon festinger. Survey methods: collecting information about behaviour through surveys/questionnaires, kinsey report on sexual behaviour. In-depth study of one individual: the mind of the mnemonist by alexander luria, breuer(cid:859)s a(cid:374)(cid:374)a o. Correlational method: determining degree of relationship between 2+ variables, watching tv vs. grades.