PSYCH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Milgram Experiment, Response Bias
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Psych 111 - lecture 3 - the research enterprise in psychology (cont"d) Looks at patterns of behavior across conditions. Links variables which show consistent patterns or relationships. In-depth study of an individual or small group. Make sure you see variations of data to get a big picture. (jimmy kimmel"s parents take halloween candy children reactions - crying, hitting the wall, surprise, mommy your tummy may hurt ) Twin boys were taken in for circumcision, instead of scalpel a machine was used, one of the boys got his penis burned off, boy was raised as girl with hormones and surgery. Ethical challenges were significant in this case. Money"s reported findings led to a change in the standard of care for intersex individuals, failing to consider the limited generalizability of case studies. Ethical challenges of dual roles, treatment vs. research. Findings specific to language acquisition and the critical period.
