PY 361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Dependent And Independent Variables, Phineas Gage

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PY 361
• Professor: Brett Grant

Document Summary

The study of learning and behavior (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) A case study is a detailed study and description of a single case. A descriptive study is a study in which the researcher attempts to describe a group by obtaining data from its members. Advantages and disadvantages of descriptive studies (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) An experiment is a study in which a researcher manipulates one or more variables and measures the effects of this manipulation on one or more variables (cid:1) (cid:1) Independent variables are those that the experimenter manipulates. Dependent variables are those that are allowed to vary freely and are affected by the manipulation of the independent variables (cid:1) (cid:1) Between-subjects designs are experiments in which the iv is made to vary across two or more groups of subjects. A within-subjects design is an experiment in which the iv is made to vary at different times for the same subject.