PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Disulfiram, Toronto Star, Model Organism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Giorgio Tasca

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Objectives: explain some research methods used by psychologists, understand strengths and weaknesses of research based on threats of validity of findings, become a better consumer of research. Low ses, higher pollution: correlational vs. causation. Sample characteristics: characteristics of the sample may not be the same as characteristics seen in clinical practice. Stimulus characteristics and setting: features of the study (setting, research coordinators, therapists) may reduce generalizability, reactivity to research arrangements, research participants know that they are in a study and they get extra attention as a result. Statistics: used to test whether inferences about hypotheses are correct. In actuality, the difference were minute and meaningless, though statistically significant: p-hacking, manipulating the analyses or sample to achieve p < . 05, result from p-hacking are difficult to replicate, power-posing research: https://www. ted. com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_langu age_shapes_who_you_are#t-99145 reliable). Research design: case study: evidence based case study. Standardized repeated measurement of processes: alliance, session depth, emotional experiencing.