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The Placebo Effect using the Testing Therapeutic Touch Video

The Placebo Effect using the Testing Therapeutic Touch Video. Exploring the Placebo effect and see how someone can debunk a claim using science. The Scientific Attitude.

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The Placebo Effect using the Testing Therapeutic Touch Video

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  1. The Placebo Effect using the Testing Therapeutic Touch Video Exploring the Placebo effect and see how someone can debunk a claim using science

  2. The Scientific Attitude The scientific attitude is composed of curiosity (passion for exploration), skepticism (doubting and questioning) and humility (ability to accept responsibility when wrong).

  3. Critical Thinking Critical thinking does not accept arguments and conclusions blindly. It examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence and assesses conclusions. Courtesy of the James Randi Education Foundation The Amazing Randi

  4. How Do Psychologists Ask & Answer Questions? Psychologists, like all scientists, use the scientific method to construct theories that organize, summarize and simplify observations.

  5. Theory A theory isan explanation that integrates principles and organizes and predicts behavior or events. For example, low self-esteem contributes to depression.

  6. Hypothesis A hypothesis is a testable prediction, often prompted by a theory, to enable us to accept, reject or revise the theory. People with low self-esteem are apt to feel more depressed.

  7. Research Observations Research would require us to administer tests of self-esteem and depression. Individuals who score low on a self-esteem test and high on a depression test would confirm our hypothesis.

  8. Research Process

  9. Indicates direction of relationship (positive or negative) Correlation coefficient Indicates strength of relationship (0.00 to 1.00) Correlation When one trait or behavior accompanies another, we say the two correlate. Correlation Coefficient is a statistical measure of the relationship between two variables. r = + 0.37

  10. Correlation and Causation Correlation does not mean causation! or

  11. Do not conceive Conceive Adopt Confirming evidence Disconfirming evidence Do not adopt Disconfirming evidence Confirming evidence Illusory Correlation The perception of a relationship where no relationship actually exists. Parents conceive children after adoption. Michael Newman Jr./ Photo Edit

  12. Order in Random Events Given random data, we look for order and meaningful patterns. Your chances of being dealt either of these hands is precisely the same: 1 in 2,598,960.

  13. Order in Random Events Given large numbers of random outcomes, a few are likely to express order. Jerry Telfer/ San Francisco Chronicle Angelo and Maria Gallina won two California lottery games on the same day.

  14. Which of the following correlation coefficients indicates the strongest relationship between variables? • positive .05 • negative .25 • positive .75 • negative .95

  15. A significant disadvantage of the correlational approach is that it: • does not provide evidence of cause and effect. • cannot be used to examine relationships between variables that exist naturally. • does not aid in the process of prediction. • does not provide information about how two variables are related.

  16. Testing Therapeutic Touch Moving Images:  Testing Therapeutic Touch video Or click here: http://faculty.frostburg.edu/ncat-psyc/videos/01_therapeutic_touch.mov

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