PSY 034 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Genetic Marker, Proband, Statistical Significance

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 034
• Professor: Nikkel

Document Summary

Hypothesis- educated guess about what you expect to find. Analogue models- creates laboratory aspects that are comparable to the phenomenon under study. Statistical significance- mathematical calculation about the difference between groups. Clinical significance- whether the difference was meaningful for those affected. Patient uniformity myth- tendency to see all participants as one homogeneous group. Case study method- investigating intensively one or more indiv. Epidemiology- study of the incidence, distribution of a particular problem in populations. Experiment- involves the manipulation of an independent variable and the observation of effect. Comparative treatment research- where groups receive different treatments and they all are reviewed at the end to see which treatment helped best. Treatment outcome- involves finding out what changes after treatment. Single-case experimental designs- involves the study of individuals under a variety of experimental conditions (skinner) This helps show changes before and after the experiment.