Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Axon Terminal, Pineal Gland, Mental Chronometry

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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All subjects exposed to all conditions: potential order effect, watch violence first then non-violence second, creates uncertainty in results. Physical attack: give you access to a shock machine after angering you, and see how bad you shock the other person, given a chance to shock someone that angers you, and measures your aggression. Internal validity (want this to be high: degree to which experiment supports causal conclusion. External validity: degree to which results can be generalized. Demand characteristics: cues in experiment convey hypothesis to participants, they help experimenter. If i figure out what you"re looking for, i"ll help you get it. Experimenter expectancy: experimenter conveys hypothesis to participants. Suggests a certain outcome, makes study inaccurate. Is it ethical to experiment on animals: make a judgement call, scientific value just as valuable as safety. Is it ethical to experiment on humans: have to pass tons of reviews and audits to make sure that the study can happen.