PSYCH 477 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tap Code, Operational Definition, Internal Validity
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All of our knowledge about child and adolescent psychopathology comes from research! What steps do psychologists follow in setting up competent research studies: we begin with research question or hypothesis. Video clip: lab paradigm for eliciting covert antisocial behavior. Shoot 10 garbanzo beans into a can from 10 feet away an impossible task. Researcher leaves the child alone, video surveillance unbeknownst. 63% of the children in our sample cheated (however nature of cheating differed, most kids who cheated showed internal stress/agonized/hesitated before cheating; after trying within the rules first) Subgroup of kids who cheated like the kid in the video. Research processes: reliability the way in which the case child cheated explained a lot about his tendency for covert anti-social behavior: no hesitation whatsoever, showed positive affect in the context of breaking an adult"s rule (cid:523)victory dance(cid:524) Inter-rater reliability: especially pertinent to situations in which child"s. Next, we must use reliable measurement strategies behavior is observed by multiple researchers/research assistants.
