PSYC 1010 Lecture 1: PSYCH #1

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

So easy to come to conclusions (hindsight, bias, after the fact conclusions) Human beings tend to be over con dent, but in reality they are wrong. You have to do research before you can come to a conclusion. Theory: vague and general, cannot be tested directly: experiencing frustration can cause one to act violently. Hypothesis: a speci c prediction about what is going to happen in your study: operational de nitions/operationalize your terms (be speci c in your hypothesis. If i deprive kids of these toys they will be more aggressive towards the doll than the other kids who were not deprived. But de ne exactly what you mean by frustration and aggression. The results of my study are in line will my theory but i cant prove it. Only with further research can i begin to get some idea that this is a true theory or not; experiments cause con dence or lack of in theory.