PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sq3R, Random Assignment, Operational Definition
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(stimulation from environment) (other behavior) (physiological processes) (culture) Psychology = study of behavior and mental life. Three phenomena illustrate why we cannot rely solely on intuition and common sense: Confounding factors: could influence a study"s result; random assignment. Dependent variable: varies depending on what takes place during experiment. Experiments aim to manipulate an independent variable, measure a dependent. Experiments examine the effect of ind variables on measurable behaviors. All sciences establish a relationship between observable variables (discrete & continuous) Advantages of knowing the relationship between variables (notes) Feels like we have answered why (but we have only answered how ) We are the only one"s who knows what is going on in our own minds. Examine one"s own mind in correlation to one"s own behavior. Behavior is studied, but what is going on in the mind is inferred through behavior. Opinions of 1500 randomly selected people can provide an accurate picture of. Each group must be proportionally represented nation"s opinions.
