01:830:333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Autonomic Nervous System, Genetic Testing, Cortisol

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:333
• Professor: Professor Mayhew

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Lecture 4 - research cont"d, biological changes: informational data gathering methods. In the field, or natural environment, where behavior happens. Can"t see qualitative stuff like independence or self esteem. Laboratory situation set up to evoke behavior of interest. All participants have equal chance to display behavior: bound to show some level of a behavior. Observers record what they expect, rather than what really happens (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1: self-reports/interviews. Each participant is asked same questions in same way: limited answers. May use questionnaires, get answers from groups. Measures of autonomic nervous system activity: heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, pupils, stress hormones. Most frequently used to measure stress levels: salivary cortisol, clinical/case-study method. Brings together a wide range of information on one child. Test scores (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Case study for really exceptional people like geniuses: ethnography.