[PSY 171] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 50 pages long Study Guide!
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Psychological tests/questionnaires: procedures used to measure & evaluate traits, emotional states, abilities, etc. Correlation b/w statements & actions isn"t very high. Social desirability: subjects may not reveal personal info. Neurobiological tests: attain info about brain itself (ie. , eeg, erps, fmri, pet, Nirs) target specific areas of brain involved in certain tasks. Correlational study: to determine how strongly two variables relate to each other. Correlation coefficient: numerical value that measures correlation (r) correlation does not equal causation. Ranges from 1 -1, 0 means no association. Psychological experiment: allows researcher to control/manipulate variables & situation only way to determine causality. Variable: characteristics of behavior/experience that can be measured independent: dependent. Random assignment: assigning subjects to experimental & control groups with same probability crucial to determining causality. Natural/quasi-experiments: can"t randomly assign subjects in groups, but try to construct groups to eliminate as many confounds as possible. Cross-sectional design: study several groups of subjects who differ in age, etc. at the same time.
