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Title: Human Sciences


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Human Sciences
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Looking at human activities using the methods of
science
  • Observation
  • Measurement
  • Experiments
  • Laws

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Experiments
  • How do we do experiments?
  • Why are natural science experiments done in a
    laboratory?
  • Limit variables
  • Simplified phenomena are easier to observe
  • Remove interfering effects/safer when testing to
    destruction/extremes
  • Why is it not a good idea to do human science
    experiments in a laboratory?
  • Humans respond to complex stimuli and reasoning
    and act very differently when there is only one
    stimulus
  • Humans tend to do what is expected of them and
    act differently when observed
  • There are ethical problems with testing humans to
    extremes.

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Experiments
  • Can we do human science experiments in the Real
    World?
  • Some, but not many because
  • Too many variables
  • Ethical problems of getting permission from
    everybody involved
  • Almost impossible to replicate

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Experiments
  • So how do we do human science experiments?
  • Do in the laboratory to reduce the distractions
  • Lie about what the experiment is testing
  • Get permission before and afterwards
  • Be creative about testing at the extremes (eg
    tape of screaming in Milgrams experiment)

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Experiments
  • This is how magicians and illusionists do their
    tricks.
  • They distract one part of your perception/consciou
    sness
  • and while you are not looking
  • make something disappear
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