PSYC 395 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Statistical Inference, Twin, Phineas Gage
10 May 2017
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Unifying themes: multiple influences, nature and nurture (nurture works on what nature endures, active perceivers, trade offs, scientific methods. What do psychologists do and where do they do it: research and writing, teach, consult, clinical practice and assessment (clinical psych) So, what is the scientific method : skeptical, but curious, humble, relies on critical thinking. Correlation coefficient = r r = -1 < 0 < 1. Blind or double blind: random assignment of groups help to ensure realistic ability procedure, systematically gather data, can"t rely on personal experience, memory. Quasi experimental design: has been done; no support for a vaccine autism link, study kids who already got vaccine and kids who do not have vaccine. Descriptive statistics: measures of central tendency, mean, median, mode, variability (clustering, standard deviation, normal distribution: bell curve. Research ethics: protect animal and human research participants, physically and emotionally, autonomy, dignity, informed consent, debriefing, privacy, anonymity, confidentiality.
