Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: When Prophecy Fails, Scientific Method, Social Learning Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Most assume that the people who got would be like the study better, however it was not the case. Do to internal justification the ones who actually rated that they liked the study better. Tentative statement about a relation between 2 or more events. Unconscious motivation, unresolved conflict is the crux of the problems. Without proper control the experiment is confounded. Can"t tell what actually caused the dependent variable to change. Present a verbal description of results at a convention. Discuss several related experiments in a book chapter. Psychologists are interested in explaining the causes of behaviour. To examine causal relation, they use the scientific method. If not, experiment is confounded and experimenter makes a mistake in causal explanation. Collecting information about behaviour without trying to change it. Non-participant or participant e. g. festinger"s when prophecy fails. Collecting information about behavior through surveys and questionnaire. Might not always get the honest reply.