PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tabula Rasa, Scientific Method, Clinical Psychology
26 Sep 2012
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In addition to psychologists, professional in social work, counselling, marriage and family therapy may be trained to do psychotherapy. There are safeguards against this: we might select only the data, or the interpretations of the data, that support, hypotheses designed to disconfirm, operational definitions. Impulsivity = a # of times/hour calling out without raising hand. Hyperactivity = # of times/hour out of seat. See if a low score on one predicts a high score on the other. higher on a depression scale: you then confirm, reject or revise. Case study: examining one individual in depth, benefit: in-depth qualitative understanding. Naturalistic observation: observing natural behaviour means just watching (and taking notes), and not trying to change anything. Influence anything: this method can be used to study more than one individual, and to find truths that apply to a broader population. Qualitative interviews/textual analysis: aim: exploration/qualitative understanding things like.
