PSYO 252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Confirmation Bias, Dependent And Independent Variables, Internal Validity
13 Jan 2017
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Fundamental mistake we all make is that we underestimate the power of social situation. Social psych: study of how people"s thoughts, feeli(cid:374)gs, & behaviors are influenced by their situation. Real life examples of social psych: breann voth and the by-stander effect (girl raped and killed and no one helped) I do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)ow her, it"s (cid:374)ot (cid:373)y proble(cid:373) She could be screaming for any reason: september 11, 2001 the confirmation bias. Shift through info to try and find an answer that we already believe. You find anything to confirm your bias towards something: obedience and cults (jonestown massacre) 909 people died by cyanide only because the leader told them to. Independent variables iv: you manipulate iv: dependent variables dv: you measure dv, participant variables pv: variables that characterize pre-existing differences among participants, examine cause and effect relationships, two essential characteristics: Control over the experimental procedures (e. g. manipulate iv) Random assignment is crucial for internal validity: external validity.
