PSYCH 100A Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Conditional Probability, Random Effects Model
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A statement whose truth is assessed by observing a series of examples, by collecting and analyzing data. I choose to fly because i believe air travel is safer than driving. Elm street is faster than pine street. Need multiple races to determine which route is for sure faster. Rational inductive processes requires statistical reasoning and research design. Considering how many observations to make and under what conditions to make them. Statistical reasoning: prescribes the rules by which rational statements about those data can be made. Pygmalion effect: people act in accordance with other"s expectations. Told a group of students that their rats were maze bright (quick at learning a maze) Told another group that their rats were maze dull. Students learned that the maze bright rats learned their mazes faster. What the students were told influenced caused them to unintentionally influence the learning of the rats.
