PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Phineas Gage, Dependent And Independent Variables, Tylenol (Brand)
12 Oct 2016
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Bene ts of research: curing polio and smallpox, tylenol, cancer treatment, the internet, google maps, self-driving cars, renewable energy, television and photography, etc. Case study: study of an individual, assessments may be used: intellectual (wisc, wais, etc. ), neuropsychological, psychosocial: comprehensive of the individual, not generalizable without further study, phineas gage: railroad spike through head; altered personality. Is there a third, confounding variable: positive correlation: if a increases, b increases; negative correlation: if a increases, Sunday, september 4, 2016: hypothesis testing and p-values, one way to study correlation is twin studies. Animal studies: experimental analogue design, most (95%) studies use mice, similar behavior and genetic makeup to humans, transgenic mice and knockout mice. Insert new gene vs. disrupt/remove gene: quickly reproduce, multi-generational studies, used to develop research where humans cannot be used. What makes psychological research scienti c: precision, theory, hypothesis, prediction, operational de nitions: specify how the phenomena in question are to be observed and measured.
