Weiten 8e Chapter 2 Powerpoint
Slide * Slide * Section 1 Looking for Laws: The Scientific Approach To Behavior Pages 40 to 45 Learning Objectives 1. Explain science's main assumption and describe the goals of the scientific enterprise. 2. Clarify the relations between theory, hypotheses, and research. 3. Outline the steps in a scientific investigation. 4. Identify the advantages of the scientific approach. Slide * Goals of the Scientific Enterprise Measurement and Description: develop techniques to measure observations clearly and precisely Understanding and prediction: make and test predictions?hypothesis Application and control: use this information to solve everyday problems Page* 40 Slide * The Scientific Method: Terminology