
the scientific method
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Laynne Weber
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is a theory? What does a theory accomplish? Why do psychologists care about theories?
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our best explanation for an aspect of behavior. it makes predictions regarding how people will act/respond.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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what is the scientific method?
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how theories are created
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What is hypothesis? How is a hypothesis different from a theory?
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a testable prediction regarding conditions under which an event will occur. you make an observation based on a theory
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What does it mean to operationalize?
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decide how to measure all the relevant variables (observe)
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What is a research design?
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how we plan to structure the study in order to test the hypothesis
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What happens when you analyze data?
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you draw conclusions about your results
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Why is it important to publish research findings? What do these publications do?
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it's essentially meaningless if you don't share it. people can expand on your data
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