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Psychology is defined in the reading as the ...
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science of behavior.
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What does the H stand for in the mnemonic?
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Honesty in Inquiry
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What is the reason for not falsifying your data?
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1- "fun of the game" of science
2- negative results are useful 3- verification/replication is needed |
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What is the "fun of the game"?
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Part of the fun of science is to find out the little segments of "what is."
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Why are negative results useful?
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They tell us that our hunch about a factor influencing a situation was NOT correct.
Indicate a different approach is necessary. |
Hunch
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What is verification/replication?
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In order for an experimental finding to be useful, it must be replicable.
If your results are not replicable, your prestige is diminished. |
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True/false: The value of a scientific principle is partly judged by its verification by other experimenters.
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True
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What are two notions about governmental control?
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1 - Governmental control should be eliminated; public/consumer be aware
2 - Government control should be used to keep the public safe from what they don't know; "protectorate of people" |
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Can you take someone's statement about having scientific findings at face value?
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No
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Talk is cheap
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everyone tries to be a psychologist, dispensing their advice freely
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What is science based upon?
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Observation
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What is one advantage of dealing with observable data?
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One learns faster if the hypothesis about what is causing a behavior is accurate.
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What does science use as the source of its raw data?
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Observation
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In the traditional scientific method, what is listed as the first step?
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Observation and description
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What is the focal point of science?
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Observations by a scientist.
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What is the most elementary aspect of the method used by scientists?
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Observation
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What is the starting point in any psychological study?
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Observation of some behavior
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What does the W in the HOW mnemonic stand for?
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What questions, not why questions
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What are four examples of what questions?
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1 - What behavior are you attempting to change?
2- What measurements are you going to use? 3-What consequence can be changed? 4-What variable might be changed to see what the effect would be? |
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