PSYCH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Alternative Hypothesis, Stanford Prison Experiment, Longitudinal Study

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1100
• Professor: Dasom Lee

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Populations and samples: sample: a subset of the population being studied, population: the entire group from which a sample is taken. Our psych 1100 section > all psych 1100 students at osu. Ohio states student section > all fans attending osu football game. Osu students drinking coffee in starbucks at 7am > all osu students who drink. Research method that tests hypotheses and allows researchers to make conclusions about causality: descriptive method. Three main descriptive methods: case study: an in-depth analysis of the behavior of one person or a small number of people. Ways to use this method: interviews, questionnaires, personality inventories, medical record review, cognitive tests, neuropsychological assume, brain imaging. Better applicability to a general population, lab setting prevents phenomenon for occurring. When we want to study more people: surveys: method in which participants are asked the same question. Fast and inexpensive method of data collection, good for large amount of info from many people.