PSY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tanning Bed, Fighting In Ice Hockey, Dependent And Independent Variables

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 105
• Professor: Kristin Vickers

Document Summary

Population the entire group of interest to researchers. Sample portion of any population that is selected for the study. Sampling bias choosing a sample that does not represent your population, pull by convenience it can potentially not reflect the entire world. Descriptive: research method used to observe and describe behaviour, used to determine the existence of a relationship of a relationship between the variables (people who more creative are more happier) Experimental: to demonstrate a cause and effect relationship between variables. Pair of twins -> opposite instead of being mad not separate they were glad. Advantages: only method you can use if type of behaviour your looking at is rare. Disadvantages: cannot generalize results to all people. Say no) but if watched them at a club and observe them doing drugs. Can go into people private spaces and study them , must get consent first though.