PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canadian Psychological Association

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jill L Atkinson

Document Summary

Ethics when it comes to experiments: safety, bene ts outweigh the risks, informed consent, no coercion, privacy, declaration of helsinki, canadian psychological association, ethics review boards all look to make sure these ethics are followed. Theories: charles darwin"s theory of evolution- based on natural selection. The idea that gravity gives weight to objects with mass and can cause them to fall can explain the existence o the sun, the earth, the orbits of the plants, etc. Testing a hypothesis: in order to test a theory, we have to generate a hypothesis a testable prediction about processes that can be observed and measured, a good hypothesis should also be able to be disproved. Putting the scienti c method to use: scienti c method focuses on veri ability, objectivity, also referred to as empiricism, any fact or experience must be veri able which means it can be replicated.