PSYC 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Jessica Cameron, Distracted Driving, Driving Simulator

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2250
• Professor: Hladkyj

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Selecting participants was discussed in the previous chapter . Manipulating the independent variable (iv: two types, straightforward manipulation, staged manipulation. Straightforward manipulations: instructions and/or stimulus material delivered: verbally, in written form, via video (or audio) tape, via computer. Varying words in job ads (iv): (cid:498)dominant, independent,(cid:499) etc, (cid:498)sensitive, collaborative,(cid:499) etc, to see effect on ratings of job appeal (iv, e. g. reading job ads, when iv manipulation mimics daily life. Two reasons for using: to activate a psychological state (often a strong emotion, to stimulate a real-life situation (cid:498)mundane realism(cid:499) (cid:523)don"t like the term(cid:524) Also called (cid:498)event manipulations(cid:499: done in a driving simulator (cid:498)passenger(cid:499) (cid:523)researcher accomplice(cid:524) either, added by steve: ex) asch"s famous study on (cid:498)social conformity(cid:499) choosing. *would be too dangerous to do in real life. A distracted driving experiment: talks or not (iv) lines. 1 agreed: when just 1 (cid:498)experimental realism(cid:499): when manipulation of iv activates a psychological process of behavior.