PY 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Achievement Test, Operational Definition, Brown Hair
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Conceptual hypothesis-abstract concepts: anxiety, happiness, wealth, usually have to create a measure. Experimental hypothesis-operationaly defined terms: something that is measurable. In psychology- measures are created to be experimental. Conceptual hypothesis broad idea that cannot be 100% tested. Bandura and number of times kids hit the bobo doll. Number of kills per certain amount of time in video games: qualitative type. People who consume five shots of tequila will preform slower on a standard reaction time apparatus: opperationally define a hypothesis. People with naturally blonde hair will score lower on intelligence exams than other people with naturally brunette, black, or red hair. Can devide varialbes into: type: physical, behavioural, test, self report, level nominal, interval, ordinal, ratio, descrete or continuous, quantitative v qoualitative. Continuous it"s able to vary on any scale. Defining varialbes: operational definition a definition of a variable relating to the activities the researchers use to manipulate it or measure it.
