PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Blind Experiment, Dependent And Independent Variables
16 Oct 2017
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What are the research questions commonly used in psychology: descriptive, the observation variables x and y, ex anxious- jumpy, moving a lot, primary goal to describe the phenomenon. Case study- observing and gathering information to compile an in-depth study of one individual. Naturalistic observation- recording behaviour in the environment without control or manipulation: ex- observing how people use vending machines there must be distance from you and the observers, no one should know of the study- may act different. Survey- a method of gathering information about many people"s thoughts/ behaviours through self- report: ex- telephone survey on the attitude of people working to make politicians. 2. correlational: primary goal is to predict when, ex- depression, is seen through low self- esteem, or vice versa. Purpose- to observe the association between 2 variables: e. g. , depression is associated with low self-esteem, often will use surveys, in this case to look for a co-relationship between two or more variables.
