CSP 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Rejection, Internal Validity, Dependent And Independent Variables

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology
• Course: CSP 280
• Professor: Estrada

Document Summary

Only experimental group will receive manipulation and all other experimental conditions are identical. Each groups completes same outcome measure and results are compared. Goal is that the only thing that differs between control and experimental groups should be the manipulation. Role of no-specific factors: solution is to use supportive therapy. Ethical considerations: solution is a waitlist control (basic level of care for all participants so they receive treatment later). Is it useful to say that a psychotherapy is better than nothing- compare it with other research methods. Internal validity: the degree to which the change in the dependent variable is truly related to the manipulation. Threats to internal validity: confounding/extraneous variables (variables other than iv that impact the. Dv such as that control group may seek other kinds of help) Solution: double-blind design (neither participant nor experimenter knows which condition the participant is in.