PHYSICS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Claustrophobia, Confounding, Quota Sampling
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Doing psychology involves examining aspects of mental life and their impact on behavior. such examinations typically takes one of four forms: Description- in which researchers attempt to understand and map out patterns and regularities in relevant phenomena (e. g. , what are the different types of human emotion? ) Prediction- in which researchers attempt to work out what the precursors( and consequences of a given phenomenon are (e. g. , is setting goals effective? ) Explanation- in which researchers seek to understand why particular phenomena occur (e. g. , why do groups often make extreme judgements? . Application- in which researchers attempt to use their knowledge to address relevant issues int he world at large (e. g. , seeking to reduce stress in the workplace). empirical method: a procedure for obtaining on the basis of observation. Scientific method: a procedure for acquiring and testing knowledge through systematic. A theory is a set of explanatory principles used to make sense of and integrate a range of empirical findings.
