Lecture 2: Science and Research
author: John Gabrieli,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
recorded by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
published: Jan. 4, 2013, recorded: January 2011, views: 3345
released under terms of: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike (CC-BY-NC-SA)
recorded by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
published: Jan. 4, 2013, recorded: January 2011, views: 3345
released under terms of: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike (CC-BY-NC-SA)
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How do we study particular topics in psychology? How is scientific psychology different from "common sense" or "folk" psychology? This session examines the research methods necessary to develop and test ideas, and highlights how even widely-discussed scientific studies can fall short of the truth.
Keywords: scientific experiment, validity, correlation vs. causation, stimulus and response, experimenter bias, confirmation bias, common sense
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