ED PSYCH 320 Lecture 1: lecture 1/24
26 Jan 2017
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Belief that intuition and common sense are enough to provide answers about human nature and development. Theory - orderly, integrated set of statements that describes, explains, and predicts observations. Hypothesis testable prediction drawn from a theory. Research and observations research methods used to collect data and test the hypothesis. Full picture of an individual"s psychological functioning. Combination of information obtained from multiple research methods. Observation of a culture or distinct social group. Cannot be generalized beyond the people and settings information was gathered from. Relationships between characteristics and behavior or development. Cannot conclude that one factor directly causes the other! Factor expected to be influenced by independent variable. People of different ages studied at the same point in time. Connecting but longitudinal and cross-sectional in a study. Looks at mastery of task process of change. Common to combine experimental and developmental designs. Researchers must submit an application and be granted permission before beginning an experiment.
