PSY 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Dependent And Independent Variables
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An approach to testing beliefs that involves. We assume all beliefs may be incorrect. Watching too much violent tv will lead to violence in children. Get a group of kids that watch violent tv and a group that doesn"t and compare their behavior. The group of kids that watched the violent tv had more aggressive behaviors and vice versa. This process doesn"t create facts cus the study could be different with another group of kids. Test measures what it intends to measure. Test can be internally and externally valid. Results in experiments can be attributed to the variables that the researcher manipulated intentionally. Results of the study can be generalized beyond a single research investigation. Those in which questions can be asked directly by researcher and a person answers. Structured - all participants are asked to answer the same questions, all questions should be worded in the same way. Make sure we have a study that is reliable and valid.
