PSYC 3350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Agreeableness, Optical Illusion, Test Anxiety

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3350
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

The links and differences between variables are examined: must be aware that other variable can have impact on the ones being studied, eg. , breast implants amongst finnish women (link between the implants and depression/suicidal thoughts) Possible for people with certain personalities to seek these modifications; need to know something about these people"s characteristics prior to surgery to make accurate conclusions. When you have major surgery, some people can suffer from complications, these bring regret, then pain, and these feelings of pain can be associated with depression/suicidal thoughts. An in-depth analysis of particular aspect of an individual behaviour is examined: ask participants to tell researchers about their experiences. Since we are canadian observers we believe this (in the eyes of the beholder) If looking through china eyes, canadian children lack discipline, that we don"t take education seriously. Even within naturalistic observation, the attitudes of the researcher has impact on interpretations of the information/findings.