PSYC 2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Observer-Expectancy Effect, Krypto, Alcohol Tolerance

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2030
• Professor: Ronald Sheese

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The defining feature of the experimental method is the manipulation of the. There are an extremely large number of such possible values and they are (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Dependent variable ( characteristic of behavior or reported experience). Allows us to make a statement about the cause and effect. In psychology concerned with answering questions about causality. Sampling experiment: taking a set of elements from a larger population: after-the-fact methods. In traumatic events we tend to go back in time to see the possible causes and get. A big amount of cognitive effort goes into reconstructing the past. The thinker or the practitioner is using the after-the-fact method by looking at. Make all kinds of assumptions about what kinds of speculation or data are more. Number of possible causes given to a possible consequence is usually a huge. Researchers job is to select the most likely causes.