PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dependent And Independent Variables, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Biopsychosocial Model
13 Apr 2017
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Good example of descriptive study: studying chimpanzees in the wild. Correlational data example: analyses of census data and other historical records. Illusory correlation: the perception of a relationship where no relationship actually exists. Experimentation: exploring cause and effect, like other sciences, experimentation is the backbone of psychology research. Experiments isolate causes and their effects: many factors influence our behavior. Experiments (1)manipulate factors that interest us, while other factors are kept under (2)control: effects generated by manipulates factors isolate cause and effect relationships. Laboratory experiments: independent variable: the variable manipulated by the experimenter; the cause, dependent variable: the variable measured by the experimenter; the effect. Zimbardo (1970: noticed a relationship between anonymity and antisocial behavior, does anonymity cause antisocial behavior, brought participants into lab, told them they were going to deliver electric shock to other participants. Half wore their own clothes and wore name tags.
