PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Naturalistic Observation, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Sq3R
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Online experiments conducted by researchers at carleton for 4% of grade: scientific method. Sciences have specific goals in research: measurement & description, understanding and prediction - how an explanation can be created about a particular human behaviour. Create a theory - predict when that behaviour happens again: application and control - use understanding to apply/help to the situation. Scientific theory: system of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations, organizes facts systematically, guides scientific research by helping to generate hypotheses. Bc researchers - dutton and aron - some evidence for heightened sexual attraction under conditions of high anxiety. Fear might sometimes be mistaken as sexual arousal. Journal of personality and social psychology : capilano river - 137m bridge across. Half to female, half to male. dependent variable - sexual imagery and callback independent variable - sex of assistant and bridge used. Shacter and singer theory - if we see something we find frightening two things happen.
