PSYC 2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Intelligence Quotient, Mental Event, Rodent

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2030
• Professor: Krista A Phillips

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*final exam cumulative: essential features of the experiment . 6 possible outcomes & all outcomes = equally likely. Select an individual & record blood type. Yield 1 of 4 possible outcomes, but outcomes equally likely. Run 10 rats in t-maze (rodent iq test) & record running speeds. 5 experimental/control subjects & record difference in average performance b/w 2 groups on some measure. Single # representing difference b/w 2 groups (t-test), but difference # obtained comes from large set of possible values that equally likely. Experiment = any act/process that yields any single outcome. 1900"s experiment = loosely defined as empirical research* Psychology and gave experiment definition it has today. The definition feature of the experimental method is the manipulation* of the iv; experimenter holds all other conditions constant & observes its effect on the dv (characteristic of behaviour/reported experience) Sampling experiment = experiments which entail selecting particular set of elements (the sample) from a real/potential/hypothetical; set of elements (the population)