PSY 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cultural Bias, Psy, Mitosis
4 Aug 2020
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Physiological measures are used to examine development at different points in life. Descriptive research aims to record and observe behavior. Correlational research aims to detail the relationship between 2+ factors. Correlational coefficients show how positively or negatively a set of factors are related. Experimental research utilizes experiments, specifically defined to study causality. Dependent variables can change through the course of an experiment. Control groups are a comparison group that receives similar treatment to the experimental group. Cross sectional research occurs when different age groups are compared at once. Longitudinal approach compares the same group over different time periods. Ethical issues have grown as technology and society advance time, for any reason. Informed consent: participants must know what they"re getting into. Participants must be debriefed on the details of the study after. Ethnic gloss is the term for making races seem more homogenous than they really. Some biases can impede studies" results. are.
