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| Science of behavior and mental processes |
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| Attempts to understand events in the world around us; Answers for all situations, but explanations for none. |
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| Psychologists are trained to.... |
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- Ask good questions
- Gather useful information
- Arrive ar appropriate conclusions
- Develop and ask further questions based on information collected
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| Psychological research methods |
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| Use insights and explanations to understand the world |
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- Belief in supernatural
- Interest on both sides if Atlantic
- Mediums
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- Deeply interested in spiritualism
- Photographs of fairies
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| Beliefs that interfere with objectivity |
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| Simple explanations of phenomena are preferred to complex explanations |
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| Guidelines for Evaluating a Claim |
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- What is the statement and who is making it?
- Is the statement based on scientific observations?
- What do statistics reveal?
- Are there plausible alternative explanations for the statement or claim?
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- Describe, predict and control behavior
- Accomplished by using scientific method
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| Research Methods in Pyschology Scientific Method |
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- System of investigation in which a person makes careful observations of a phenomenon
- Proposes theories to explain the phenomenon
- Tests these hypotheses through more research and observation
- Makes hypotheses about future behaviors
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| Explanation for phenomenon based on careful and precise observations |
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| Prediction about future behaviors that is derived from observation and theories |
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