PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 2: Canadian Psychological Association, Scientific Method, Statistical Hypothesis Testing

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

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Psyc 100: principals of psychology: ethics, declaration of helsinki, a contract where everyone agreed to the terms of what psychological experiments must do, canadian psychological association, ethics review boards, diverse group that brings a variety of perspective. Earth and other planets, and the orbits of the planets around the sun and of the moon around the earth. It has been superseded to some extent by other theories (like einstein"s theory of general relativity): testing a hypothesis, theories are explanations they are valuable insofar as they can explain data. It should not be influenced by emotions or personal views: galileo used the leaning tower of pisa to test aristotle"s theory of gravity. In a recall experiment, you are given a list of words to read. The list is taken away and then you are asked to write down as many words as you can from the list.