PSYC 3301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Content Validity, Face Validity, Scientific Method
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Ways to acquire info: method of tenacity. Believe things because that"s the way its always been : method of intuition. I had a feeling not based on anything factual: method of authority. When you believe something that someone else says just because of your relationship with them: rational method. Take two premises and put them together to make a conclusion (if either of the premises are not accurate, then the conclusion is not accurate: empirical method. When you get information and collect data on something based on your experiences (is not the scientific method) Steps of scientific method: observe behavior, form a general hypothesis, use hypothesis to create testable prediction, evaluate hypothesis with planned, unbiased observation, use observation to support, refute, or refine original hypothesis. Expected to change as a result of the independent: quasi-independent. Something that exists in nature and should not or cannot be manipulated for research: extraneous. Not something in the study that youre interested in.
