PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Little Albert Experiment, Canadian Psychological Association, Operational Definition

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

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Research ethics: research work began with very unethical methods. Ie) little albert study; was introduced to white, fluffy rat and made a loud noise every time he saw one: result: was scared of every white, fluffy thing that he encountered. These ideas were formed under the declaration of helsinki and approved under the. Things to consider when designing a study; terminology of research methods. Need to have an operational definition: a clear, concise definition of something being measured; identify the characteristic being measured and describe the procedure you will be implementing. Then, state how you will be collecting and measuring the data, and how you will reach a conclusion. If all of these are included, you have successfully developed an operation definition. Need to have a hypothesis: an educated guess inferring the results. Need a depended variable: derived from the experiment; changes based on the independent variable and other factors, because it depends on the independent variable.