PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Dependent And Independent Variables, Operational Definition, Phonics
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Lecture 6 and 7: experiments, finding the cause. When a shark attacks a cage with a human inside, we believe that we: we believe that they are trying to attack the human understand what the shark is feeling. Sharks don"t want to eat humans: they are fussy eaters and you can dive with them. We would want to get the light out of the way. An experiment would be to put a metal bar in the water and turn electrical currents on and off and see the behaviour the shark shows. Experiment: contrasting behaviour in at least 2 conditions: want the conditions to differ in a way that matters. In this case, current on vs current off. Variables: independent variable: the variable we are manipulating. The presence of an electrical current in the bar (on vs off: dependent variable: what we are measuring.
