PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Mental Rotation, Psycinfo, Biomedicine
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Sometimes hypotheses are stated as informal research questions (ex. Do female undergraduates eat different amounts of food when sitting in mixed-sex groups versus female-only groups?: they can be rephrased in more formal hypotheses, like females" calorie consumption differs depending on the sex composition of their eating companions . Putting forth an idea that three variables (sex, group composition, and calorie consumption) may be related. Prediction: a statement that makes an assertion concerning what will occur in a particular research investigation. When the results of a study are consistent with a prediction, the hypothesis is only supported, not proven. Researchers often study the same hypothesis using a variety of methods, and each time this hypothesis is supported by a research study, we become more confident that the hypothesis reflects the truth. Falsifiability: the principle that a good scientific idea or theory should be capable of being shown to be false when tested using scientific methods: ex.
