PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Naturalistic Observation, Operational Definition, Informed Consent
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Psychology research: taking a look at behavior and mental processes. Prescription -- what actually happened and describe it. Prediction -- what are the circumstances that drove this. Change -- using this info, making appropriate changes. Coming up with a question -- generate questions. Literature review -- to see what"s been done already. Form a hypothesis -- an educated guess about why something takes place. Coming up with a method of data collection. Informed consent -- people involved in the study need to understand what they"re getting involved in and agree -- 18 years old. Participation must be voluntary -- cannot enforce them, free to leave at any time without consequences. Minimize risk to participants -- psychological and physical -- if any risks, need to be informed ahead of the time. Alternate have to be offered when concluded -- must be offered if reward is offered 00 you shouldn"t not have the benefit for not participating.
