PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Varkaus, Informed Consent, Erica
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Research methods in the study of abnormal behaviour. Propositions and ideas must be stated in a clear and precise way so they can be tested. A hypothesis must be willing to systematic testing that could show it to be false. If it cannot be reproduced, then scientist become wary of the legitimacy of the original observation. Theory: a set of propositions meant to explain a class of phenomena o. It permits the generation of hypothesis, expectations about what should occur if a theory is true: they are constructions put together by scientists, use ethical concepts, unobservable states or processes that are inferred from observable data. Theoretical concepts can also summarize already observed relationships. Operationalism: proposed that each concept take as its meaning a single observable and measureable operation. In this way, each theoretical concept would be nothing more than one particular measurable event. Theoretical concepts are better defined by sets of operations than by a single operation.
