PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Scientific Method, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, The Principle
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Psychology: the scientific study of behavior, thought and experience, and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social and environmental factors. Scientific method: is a way of learning about the world through collecting observations, developing theories to explain them and using the theories to make predictions. It involves dynamic interaction between hypothesis testing and the construction of theories outlines. Scientific method: scientists use theories to generate hypotheses. Once tested hypotheses are either confirmed or rejected. Confirmed hypotheses lead to new ones and strengthen theories. Rejected hypotheses are revised and tested again, and can potentially after an existing theory. Hypothesis: is a testable prediction about processes that can be observed and measured. Scientific thinking and procedures revolve around the concepts of a hypothesis. Pseudoscience: an idea that is presented as science but does not actually utilize basic principles of scientific thinking or procedure.
