PSY 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Balance Theory, Natural Experiment, Statistical Significance
4 Dec 2018
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The tendency to believe that you could have predicted some outcome which in fact you couldn"t have predicted accurately. A prediction about what will happen under particular circumstances. A body of related propositions intended to describe some aspect of the world. More general than hypotheses: balance theory: the theory that people like their thoughts to be consistent with one another. Simplest level, started with darwin, involves observing some phenomenon at close range. Look at evidence found in archives of various kinds, including reports, records, statistics, articles, Example found that homicides are more common in the south than in the north. Con be conducted using either interviews or written questionnaires. Using random sampling is important giving everyone in the population an equal chance of being chosen. Determine a relationship exists between two or more variables. Good option when experiment would be very difficult or unethical. Does not usually reveal direction or a third variable.
