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lectures 1&2
psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
09/23/2009

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Psychology is
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the study of behavior and the mind using science as an objective way to answer questions
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1.description
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Researchers define, classify & catalogue events and their relationships
ex. how many personality traits exist
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2.Prediction
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when researchers try to identify relationships among variables in order to predict future events
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correlation research/ prediction example
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relation between the independent variable and the dependent variable
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3.understanding
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seek to uncover and understand issues
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4. application
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applying the knowledge they gained to help others
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3 basic study designs
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DEC-descriptive, correlational, experimental,
all use examples of people
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theory
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logically organized ideas that help explain phenomena
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hypothesis
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like a theory but less sturdy and smaller scale
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operational definition
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procedure used to define the concept under examination, defining all the concepts in your study ex. what is "fun"?
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independent variable
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what you alter, control to observe how affected it is
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dependent
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after manipulating the independent, observe the changes in the dependent
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ethics
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making sure the experiment isn't harmful strategies are :Debriefing
Cost-benefit analysis
Institutional Review Board
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random assignment
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people have a 50 50 chance of getting either option
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descriptive design and problems
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observe and characterize nature; atypical data sampling and biased review
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case studies
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one person is observed and studied
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surveys
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A self-report technique designed to solicit conscious responses. Often employs random selection: Population of people with equal chance of being chosen to participate
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naturalistic behavior
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observing and recording behavior in natural environments ex. studying apes in the wild
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correlational
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To detect naturally occurring relationships; assess how well one variable predicts another between -1 and 1 that determines the relatedness; survey 0 is no relation
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problems with correlation
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correlation does not equal causation. or the sampling group does not represent society
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replication
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repeating a study with different subjects to see if the finding is translatable into different groups
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