PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canadian Psychological Association, Edward B. Titchener, Naturalistic Observation

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Christopher Miners

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Ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455) has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) defi(cid:374)ed as (cid:862)the s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior a(cid:374)d (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal pro(cid:272)esses(cid:863) Explain the five principal steps of the scientific method. Topic 2: experimental design review the steps in the scientific method summarize the principles of good experimental design. Topic 3: psychological experiments and the ethics of psychological research summarize the principles of good experimental design. Distinguish between the two main types of design and the conclusions that we can draw from each summarize the ethical issues involved in psychological research. Topic 4: statistics explain the use of descriptive statistics, and the definition and use of measures of central tendency, measures of variability and the measurement of association. Utilize methods and processes used in inferential statistics, including correlation and causation. Describe behavior: naturalistic observation, laboratory observation, case studies, surveys. Measure relationships between two variables: correlational designs. Apply scientific method to psychology to avoid bias. To test a theory we make a hypothesis.