Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, European Credit Transfer And Accumulation System

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

Document Summary

Diffusion of responsibility investigated by bibb latant & Overt behaviours are observed in lab setting or real life. Incorporates existing facts observations in a framework and. Law of parsimony: hypothesis, simpler equally good one. May illustrate effective intervention programs developed by clinical psychologists. De ning something in terms speci c to the procedure used. People reporting on their own knowledge, beliefs, feelings and behaviours. Obtain information from others who know useful info about a person. Random sampling - everyone has equal chance of being chosen. Representative sample - re ects important characteristics of a population. Populations - individuals about whom a conclusion can be drawn. Choosing subjects: random assignments does not eliminate differences between people but it balances out differences. Factors that must be controlled because they may have an effect. Identify how humans and animals behave in a natural setting. Rich description of behaviour in the real world. Factors: underlying characteristics responsible for link. (assumed characteristic)