PSYC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Survey Data Collection, Illusory Correlation, Naturalistic Observation
3 Dec 2018
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Case study- a process or record of research in which detailed consideration is given to the. Chapter 1 development of a particular person or group. Population- group of things in some relation to each other. Random sample- subset of individuals (sample) chosen from a larger set (population) Survey- data collection tool used to gather information about individuals. Naturalistic observation- a research method commonly used by psychologists. Third variable problem- type of confounding in which a third variable leads to a mistaken casual relationship between two others (e. g. cities with churches have a higher crime rate) Illusory correlation- perceiving a relationship between variables even when no such relationship exists (such as a man who holds a belief that people in urban areas are rude) Independent variables- a variable whose variation does not depend on that of another. Dependent variable- a variable whose value depends on that of another. Confounding variables- factors other than the independent variable that may cause a result.
