PSYC 2060 : Study Guide Exam 1
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Money and civil rights (desegregation, special ed, school lunch) Makes sure that all children have a chance to get an education. The money that comes from the federal level helps special ed and impoverished children. Set standards for licensure (there are different standards in different states) Supervision and interpretation of policies (different principal will perceive the same policies in different ways) The only person who directly influences the children. Characteristics of scientific investigation: observable/ measurable phenomena, based on replication (something needs to work many times in order for it to be deemed successful, relies on empirical reasoning (systems or rules of logic that rely on evidence) Stages of scientific investigation: descriptive (going out and measuring information, then summarizing it, relational (correlational) Measure a and b and see how they go together. Anxiety disorders are more common in females than in males . Inductive: to create a rule or summary from many observations. Deductive: to predict an outcome from a rule.
