Psychology Reseach Methology

Research Methodology
*Mosso table
*Intuition
*Ex of drunk driving
What is Scientific Inquiry?
*Scientific method: an objective examination of the natural world
*Four goals:
-What happened?
-When it happened?
-What causes it to happen?
-Why it happens?
*First goal: description = observation *Second goal: prediction = when it occurs *Third goal: causal control = systematically varying the situation *Fourth goal: explanation = understanding why it happens
Scientific questions can be objectively answered *Empirical questions: questions that can be answered by observing and measuring the worl…