PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Naturalistic Observation, Pirkei Avot, Ethology
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Explorations: to determine whether or not a phenomenon exists. Descriptions: examining a phenomenon to more fully define it or to differentiate it from another phenomenon. Eg some old people go to the mall to social ized. Prediction: identifying relationships that enable us to speculate abt one thing by knowing about some other thing. ***correlational reasons is very different from casual relationships. Experimental research that manipulates variables with control grp, dependent and independent variable. Descriptive methods are alwys popular as a result of: Urgent and applied need for descriptive info abot age changes. Eg wht is the standard age to development. Influence of ethology (descriptions classification and analysis of animal behavior) cant manipulate anythg. Electronic recording which permits observation and analysis of complex behavior. Eg feeding child when child doesn"t want to eat, parents find fun ways to get them to eat. Is the study of behavior in its natural setting. More natural and realistic than experiment or questionnaire.
