Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mental Chronometry, Ganglion Cell, Unipolar Neuron

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mike Atkinson

Document Summary

Dr. jung argues that inceareases i ntemp cause increases in aggression. t support hs claim, he recorded the temp each day and noted the number of reported assaults. Observation: can observe people who watch tv violence and bserve their behaviour: problem = data is correlational (no control) Experiment: run a between groups design would cause less aggression bc they become desensitized to it) Can expose 1 group to tv violence. Can manipulate hours of tv violence watched (more hours. Control group: that doesn"t watch tv violence. Can expose to different types of violence. Can make someone angry before they watch the tv violence (more likely to be violent) (independent) group 2 -> watch violent show -> measure aggression (dependent) (independent) group 2 -> watch non violent show -> measure aggression (dependent) (independent) group 3 -> no tv (control) -> measure aggression (dependent: run a within group design. All subjects are exposed to all conditions.