Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Social Desirability Bias, Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Observer-Expectancy Effect

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

Document Summary

At its core, science is an approach to asking and answering questions about the universe around us. There are other ways we learn about the world and ourselves through reason, intuition, and common sense; religion and spirituality; the arts; and the teachings of family friends, and others. The scientific method distinguishes science from the above approaches. Curiosity, skepticism, and open-mindedness are driving forces behind scientific inquiry. Darley and latane: investigated the kitty genovese murder, they reasoned that the presence of multiple bystanders produced a diffusion of responsibility. Psychological state in which each person feels decreased personal responsibility for intervening. A theory is a set of formal statements that explains how and why certain events are related to one another. Theories are broader than hypotheses, and in psychology theories typically specify lawful relations between certain behaviours and their causes. If predictions made by the theory are not supported, then it will need to be modified, or ultimately discarded.