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used when researchers can't manipulate variables,
close to 1.00 of -1.00 is a strong correlation
as strength increases the ability to predict increases
coreelation is NOT causation |
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prolonged observation of behavior
in a natural setting
WITHOUT intervention
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| people don't know their being observed |
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question INDIVIDUALS and gather info
usually through surveys
moslty behavior, diagnosis and treatment
highly subjective
limited generalizability
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| Occurs when a sample is not representative of the popaltion of interest |
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Occurs when participants expectations cause them to change their behavior in responce to a fake treatment
ex. pain and depression |
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| causes distortion in self reports when questionaires are used |
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when researchers' expectations distort behavoirs
ex. mistakes and unintentional |
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| neither subject nor experimenter knows if subject recieved a placebo |
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Pros:
brought advances worth the costs, especially treatments and diseases
Cons:
violates animal rights, animal studies may not work on humans |
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| when researches lie to subjects to overcome methodological issues |
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| measurable conditions, events, characteristics, controlled or observed |
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| actions or operations used to measure variables |
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| people or animals used to measure variables |
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Hypothesis
Research
Collect Data
Analyze
Conclude
Publish |
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| when a variable is manipulated to find casue and effect |
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| what or who is manipulated, tested to see if a cause |
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| tested to see if it is affected |
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| gets no treatment, gets placebo |
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interviews and questionaires
easy to collect large samples
problems with self reporting
ex. intetional deception, social desirabilty, memory lapses |
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| Internet Mediated Research |
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| data collection occurs online, suverys mostly, large sample, less controlled conditions |
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voluntary particiaption
not dangerous procedures
deception must be explained
confidetiality of info
animal harm must be justified
appoval from review board |
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