PSYC 100 Chapter Notes -Frequency Distribution, Statistical Significance, Normal Distribution

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jaime Palmer- Hague

Document Summary

Psychologists are scientists: they are precise, they are skeptical, they rely on empirical evidence (conduct study, they are willing to make risky predications (uncommon ideas, they are open and transparent. We can arrive at reasonable after-the-fact explanations for almost any result. Past events could be explained in too many ways and there is no sure way to know which is correct: hindsight (after-the-fact understanding, understanding through prediction, control, theory building. Theory building generate an integrated network of predictions. Hypothesis: a specific prediction about some phenomenon, usually in an if- Eg if shown different pics, and child communicate the pic, then fc works. Step 4: analyze data, draw tentative conclusions, and report findings data: information gathered through the research. Step 5: build a body of knowledge; ask further questions, conduct more research, develop and test theories. Theory: a set of formal statements that explains how and why certain events are related to one another.