Psychology LECTURE NOTES August 28 2013 Socrates All Science evolves from Psychology Stood on own principles Philosopher roamed around Athens and challenged everyone to question everything All human beings should self examine ad all life unexplained isnt worth it introspection Concept of self examination vital to therapy Powerful Approach o Socrates questioning a question never leads to answers they lean to other questions o Suicide by hemlock nerve block Plato Pupil of Socrates Forms first university in Greece The Academy Idea in each one of us is a soul dialock All knowledge is inherited by introspection soul centered No knowledge of genetics Looked at the idea of learning through problem solving and memory of solutions 1 Hard Headed curiosity drives scientific research cause effect empirical research a Gather research through senses Aristotle Pupil of Plato Alexander the Great s tutor Getter of information Biologist Scientific Approach 2 Skeptism critical thinking 3 Assumption 4 Hidden issues 5 Evaluate evidence 6 Make conclusion Scientific Method 1 Curiosity Does A cause B 2 How am I going to set my experiment up a Hypothesis testable hunch 3 Operational definition EGQ and procedures need to be defined 4 Running experiment 5 Writing up results 6 Ethically Psychology LECTURE NOTES Random Sampling used to prevent bias placebo Double Blind Experiment Independent Dependent Under Control by experimenter measures effect of independent variable Can be manipulated Experiments 1 Case Study Poor Approach 2 Survey Questionable prejudice samples 3 Naturalistic Observation Must List in write up Have to specify effects on animals What will you do to injured animals have to justify
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