PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Random Assignment, Dependent And Independent Variables, Experiment
4 Mar 2020
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Cover stories: stories researchers tell people that are not true, strays people away from knowing what is actually happening in their research, keeps participants blind to purpose of research. Confederates: actors in research, have to be the same people each time so there is no difference between testings, variables: Independent variable (iv) is manipulated by the experimenter. Dependent variable (dv) is what is measured by the experiment: the outcome being measured. Iv + dv defined carefully aka operationalization". Why do these: do them when interested in something that is already different from the beginning (ex: males and females, apples with oranges etc) Where are they done: can happen in controlled lab settings or in a field (field experiments) In restrained group ice cream eaten higher in physical and ego threat dieters most likely to eat in stressed out situations. Done in anywhere but a controlled lab / setting: done in the field aka real world".
