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Title: Research Psycholgy
Description: Research Psychology taken by myself in a Psychology-101 class. These are not only well written, they also are visually stimulating. The course was PSY-101, with the professor Kati Corlew. The institution these notes were taken at was at the University of Maine at Augusta.
Description: Research Psychology taken by myself in a Psychology-101 class. These are not only well written, they also are visually stimulating. The course was PSY-101, with the professor Kati Corlew. The institution these notes were taken at was at the University of Maine at Augusta.
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Research Psychology
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
2:17 PM
DR
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EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
-Some variables deliberately manipulated and subsequent effects on behavior measured
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-DISADVANTAGES: Unexpected and uncontrolled variables may COUNFOUND results;
many variable cannot be controlled and manipulated
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OPERATIONAL DEGINITIONS: How psychologists define abstract terms so we can measure them
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DEPENDENT
Variable measured to
how its changed by
Manipulations
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Variable
SAMPLING (Assignment)
SAMPLE: Subgroup of population
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH USES A RANDOM SAMPLE
-Sample in which each potential participant has equal change of being selected
REDUCES confounding factors or confounds
QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH USES A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE
-Sample in which characteristics of participants correspond closely to characteristics of
larger population
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EX: HYPOTHESIS: If I shake students hands, they will report that they like my class
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ADVANTAGES:
Rich description
SURVEYS
:Questionnaire or interview administered to a selected group of people
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Allows for large amount of data to be gathered quickly
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Poorly constructed questions can result in ambiguous answers, accuracy related to
participant
CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH
:Uses statistical methods to examine relationship between two or more variables
ADV
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Can't draw conclusions about cause and effect
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Ice Cream sales and murder rate
Positive
Third Variable; Heat
2
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Sex of adult and their average number
of offspring
Zero
No third Variable; each child must have a
parent of each sex
ETHICS AND PSYCHOLOGY:
RESEARCH ON HUMANS
APA Ethical Guidelines for Human Subjects
-Participants must be informed of the nature of the research
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-If for course credit, alternate activity must be offered
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-Deception about goals of research can only be used when absolutely necessary
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Title: Research Psycholgy
Description: Research Psychology taken by myself in a Psychology-101 class. These are not only well written, they also are visually stimulating. The course was PSY-101, with the professor Kati Corlew. The institution these notes were taken at was at the University of Maine at Augusta.
Description: Research Psychology taken by myself in a Psychology-101 class. These are not only well written, they also are visually stimulating. The course was PSY-101, with the professor Kati Corlew. The institution these notes were taken at was at the University of Maine at Augusta.