PSYO 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cognitive Test, Minimax, Jane Goodall

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYO 1011
• Professor: Leanne Stevens,Shelley Adamo,Kevin Duffy,Jennifer Stamp

Document Summary

> with the key board have a facilitator. > million spent so people with autism could communicate. > skeptics: were the ppl with autism typing or the facilitator. > could only type messages with the facilitator/ unconsciously nishing sentences and words. > observation -behaviour is observed under natural conditions - no hypothesis (e. i jane. > experiment -how to determine causality -test hypothesis -one variable manipulated the other constant - independent (manipulated) -dependant (measured outcome) -experiments needs random assignment to test hypothesis (controlled group/ experimental group) >to prevent bias person making measurement should not know the outcome or hypothesis. > doctors and controlled/experimental groups are not told which patients receiving drug/ placebo. > nd every male with a broken leg (same break/bone) > exclude anyone with health condition bc want to manipulate one variable needs to be a healthy person the same as everyone. > normally new drugs do not work bette retain placebo.