PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Demand Characteristics, Ethology, Rabbit Hair
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Comparative research studying other species- animal species ethological can be powerful-control test& hypothesis which would otherwise be problematic to humans. Most of the time researchers look @ different as a function of culture. Contamination data influence by variables other than those that are being studied, results would be a function of contamination. Research effect- researcher unintentionally effects responses of the participants, i. e. in a study on race the race of experimenter would have an effect on the response. Demand characteristics- subtle clues as to how respondents should answer. Reconstruction of the past- many # of ways to attain info on developments, i. e. subjects are reasons a reconstruction of the past, maybe inaccurate; particularly positive. Faulty logic- happens when we don"t apply rigorous logic, especially in development ( a always precedes b; it is very tempting to say that a and b are related.
