[Psychology 2070A/B] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 18 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Taylor Kohut

Document Summary

Basic research: example : (theory reason action have to understand a person"s intention for a behavior attitudes ) Applied research has more to do with design and intention , implication for theories. What is a theory ? to explain phenomenon. What is hypothesis relation between variables sometimes it is a result of combination of prior studies findings+ existing theories and explanations (to modify) Correlational studies: relational coefficient: strength . 3-. 5 moderate association (hard to find in social psychology already) It is wrong to find correlation between ice cream sales and shark attacks, even though you may find 0. 6 or something else it does not mean strong correlation. Hypothesis should be a prediction: either confirmed or disconfirmed. Sometimes we play a cover story in the experiment so the ps reaction and response are more natural. Unfortunately, it is not always working (not practical or not able to conduct)