PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Operational Definition, Blind Experiment, Standard Deviation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: trentuniversity

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Key characteristics of the ideal scientist: precision. Theory organized system of assumptions and principles that"s supports to explain a specified set of phenomena and their interrelations. Hypothesis attempts to predict or to account for a set of phenomena; scientific hypotheses are empirically tested. Operational definition specifies the operations for observing and measuring the process or phenomenon being defined: skepticism. Scientist to do not except ideas n faith or authority their motto is show me . Treating conclusions both new and old with caution: reliance on empirical evidence, willingness to make risky predictions. Principle of falsifiability scientific theory must make predictions that are specific enough to expose the theory to the possibility of disconfirmation. The theory must predict not only what will happen but also what will not happen. Conformation bias the tendency to look for or pay attention only to the information that confirms ones own belief: openness. Must be willing to tell others where they got their ideas.