PSYC 2520 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Beck Depression Inventory, Hans Reichenbach, Murder Of Kitty Genovese
14 Sep 2016
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Replication: the duplication of an experimental observation, but clearly it is impossible to repeat the identical randomized experiment. Hypothesis-generating heuristics are defined as strategies and circumstances that can lead to testable hypotheses. Proposed by william mcguire, four of them include: 01. Explaining paradoxical incidents in testable ways: 02. Recognizing potential hypotheses in analogies, metaphors, figures of speech, and other assorted imagery: 03. Identifying conflicting conclusions for empirical adjudication: 04. The larger amount of bystander witnesses, the less likely any will volunteer to help in an emergency. Operant conditioning: the organism responds to a stimulus, and then something is done that will either increase or decrease the probability of the organism"s making the same response again. Serendipity: felicitous or lucky discovery: ex. When kanner was working with disturbed children, he noticed a striking similarity in their behavior. They were socially isolated and had failed to develop appropriate language skills. Projection: ascribing another person one"s own feelings or thoughts.
