PSCH 242 INTRO TO RESEARCH IN PSYCH (uic) EXAM Questions and Verified
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science, what is is it good for? predict things: use inferential (infer) statistics
explain things: determine causality
avoid : colloquial expressions everyday conversational sayings (e.g. write up for report
text-speak
what causes strep throat? strep bacteria - a definite cause
avoid : anthropomorphism human characteristics to animals ot objects
"experiments" do not attempt or want to do things
"experiments" can show things
science is good for -understanding what causes human behavior
-observing naturally existing relationships (deal with illusory correlations)
avoid : words that attract attention alliteration
rhyming
poetic expressions
cliches
metaphors
science is based on ____________ empiricism
age : boy/girl high school age or younger
, empiricism -observations and data
-hypothesis and prediction
age : women/men 18+
philosophy is based on ___________ logic
age : older adult 65+
philosophy is... not data driven (not bad just not science)
referring to people with clinical conditions people have certain conditions, they are not
those conditions
e.g. an indivudual diagnosed with ___
Occam's Razor the simplest explanation should be favored
e.g., exempli gratia (for example)
Falsifiability -incorrect predictions lead ti scientific progress
-all scientific theories eventually disproved
-"not yet disconfirmed"
i.e., id est (that is, in other words)
science = multiple choice but you dont know answer so eliminate all the wrong answers
Answers/Accurate Solutions| New Update Already Graded A+
science, what is is it good for? predict things: use inferential (infer) statistics
explain things: determine causality
avoid : colloquial expressions everyday conversational sayings (e.g. write up for report
text-speak
what causes strep throat? strep bacteria - a definite cause
avoid : anthropomorphism human characteristics to animals ot objects
"experiments" do not attempt or want to do things
"experiments" can show things
science is good for -understanding what causes human behavior
-observing naturally existing relationships (deal with illusory correlations)
avoid : words that attract attention alliteration
rhyming
poetic expressions
cliches
metaphors
science is based on ____________ empiricism
age : boy/girl high school age or younger
, empiricism -observations and data
-hypothesis and prediction
age : women/men 18+
philosophy is based on ___________ logic
age : older adult 65+
philosophy is... not data driven (not bad just not science)
referring to people with clinical conditions people have certain conditions, they are not
those conditions
e.g. an indivudual diagnosed with ___
Occam's Razor the simplest explanation should be favored
e.g., exempli gratia (for example)
Falsifiability -incorrect predictions lead ti scientific progress
-all scientific theories eventually disproved
-"not yet disconfirmed"
i.e., id est (that is, in other words)
science = multiple choice but you dont know answer so eliminate all the wrong answers
