PSY 113 Lecture Notes - Naturalistic Observation, Intellectual Disability, Internal Validity
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Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychologists want to determine cause and effect relationships. If a child is acting out in school, we want to know the cause. Our goal is to predict and control behavior. Jane goodall"s the chimpanzees of gombe, or. An investigation of courtship behavior in humans. Genie may have been mentally retarded already and she experienced forms of abuse other than language deprivation. The subject number is equal to one (n=1) and. Genie may not be representative of other individuals. The kinsey study (1948, 1953) on human sexuality. It can determine cause and effect relationships! Exposure to violent role models increases aggression in children, or. Then, we form an hypothesis or a simple testable statement. An hypothesis is a simple, testable statement about cause(s) and effect(s). We want to disprove the null hypothesis. That the independent variable does not affect the dependent variable. And replication is important for our reputations.
