theory and assessment go hand in hand

theory informs tests and testing suports theory

goals of psychology: describe, explaine, control, and predict phenomena
strudy of personality: description, dynamics, development

fact theory hypothesis law are not thes same

fact observation

people get sick

hypothesis meant to be test not prove walk outside

people get sick bc something mustve gotten in their body

theory lots of hypothesis use for predctions

people get sick so test hypothesis, throw out bads, build up framework, make
prediction

fact-hypothesis-theory-prediction

law is detailed description w math

is gravity a teory or law

- its both
- if i drop this it will fall
- why does it fall?
- i can calculate how fast how hard it falls

science is self correcting

good theories- falsifiable so must be testable; generate hypothesis; verifiable