PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Operational Definition, Epinephrine, Random Assignment

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: Bruce Tsuji

Document Summary

Participate in online experiments for up to 4% System of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations. Guides scientific research by helping to generate hypotheses. If we see something that we find frightening. They would suggest that 2 things happen simultaneously. Physiological arousal: increase on heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, and perspiration. If schacter & singer are correct, fear sometimes mistaken as sexual arousal. Ex: professor viciously criticizes students for poor test performance - sexual arousal increased (barclay & haber) 137 m long; 70 m above capilano river. Bottom is made out of wooden boards and the sides are steel cable. When you walk across it, the bridge rocks back and forth. 80 males cross scary or non-scary bridge then tested by attractive female or. Manipulated type of bridge & sex of assistant (independent variables) Sexual imagery: write a short story describing scene . Story rated for sexual content by trained judges unaware of study purposes.