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Chapter 2: The Research Enterprise in Psychology

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Chapter 2: The Research Enterprise in Psychology

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    1. Chapter 2: The Research Enterprise in Psychology

    2. The Scientific Approach: A Search for Laws Basic assumption: events are governed by some lawful order Goals: Measurement and description Understanding and prediction Application and control Psychologists assume that behavior is governed by discernible laws or principles; these just need to be uncovered. The goals of the scientific enterprise of psychology are: To measure and describe a phenomenon, for example sociability. To understand and predict…psychologists form hypotheses about how variables interact. A hypothesis is a tentative statement about the relationship between 2 or more variables. Variables are the things that are observed or controlled in a study. To apply and control…information gathered by scientists may be of some practical value in helping to solve problems in schools, businesses, mental health centers, etc. Psychologists assume that behavior is governed by discernible laws or principles; these just need to be uncovered. The goals of the scientific enterprise of psychology are: To measure and describe a phenomenon, for example sociability. To understand and predict…psychologists form hypotheses about how variables interact. A hypothesis is a tentative statement about the relationship between 2 or more variables. Variables are the things that are observed or controlled in a study. To apply and control…information gathered by scientists may be of some practical value in helping to solve problems in schools, businesses, mental health centers, etc.

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