PSYC 1100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Naturalistic Observation, Empirical Research, Blind Experiment

• School: Douglas College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1100
• Professor: David Prime

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Dogmatists (meaning belief) : who thought the best way to understand illness was to develop theories about the body"s functions. Empiricists ( meaning experience ) : thought the best way to understand illness was to observe sick people. Dogmatism : describes the tendency for people to cling to their assumptions. Empiricism : describe the belief that accurate knowledge can be acquired through observation. Scienti c method : a procedure for nding truth by using empirical evidence. Theory : hypothetical explanation of a natural phenomenon. Rule of parsimony : says that the simplest theory that explains all the evidence is the best one. Empirical method : a seto rules and techniques for observation. Hawthorne e ect/ reactivity : people behave di erently when they know they"re being watched. Methods of observation and methods of explain helps gure out how to face these challenges. Operational de nition : description of a property in concrete, measurable terms.