PSYC-3306EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Animal Testing, Naturalistic Observation, Veterinary Physician
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Independent variable (iv: manipulated in an experiment to determine its effect on the dependant variable. Dependent variable (dv: what is being measured; left free to vary. Functional relationship: cause and effect relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable. Appetitive stimuli/behaviour: something positive and desired by an organism; will work to attain it, food when we are hungry. Aversive stimuli/behaviour: something negative and will be avoided by an organism; will work to avoid it. Deprivation: prolonged absence of a stimuli; usually food deprivation before food is used as a stimulus. Satiation: prolonged exposure to a stimulus. Overt behaviour: a behaviour that can potentially be observed by an individual besides the on performing the behaviour, a person"s response to (cid:862)hello(cid:863) Covert behaviour: only perceived by the person who is performing the behaviour; subjective, dreaming, visualizing, anxiety can be considered overt, but can be publicly seen due to behaviours associated with it. Contiguity: closeness together, temporal contiguity time, spatial contiguity space.