PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychometrics

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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Tutorial #2: theories and research methods: dr. r. theorizes that people are drawn to be social because, in the past, it has increased their chances of survival. Which theoretical perspective is dr. r. using to explain social behaviour: biological, psychodynamic, humanistic, evolutionary, according to the lecture discussion, how would someone using a psychoanalytic/ psychodynamic perspective explain depression? a) The independent variable would be ___________ while the dependent variable would be. Short answer: list 4 types of studies that are used in psychological research and briefly describe how they are conducted. (4 marks) 1 experimental study independent variable is manipulated across the experimental and control groups, and dependent variable is measured; look for differences in dependent variable across the groups. 2 naturalistic observation observe behaviour in a natural environment (without any intervention on the part of the researcher) 3 case study in-depth study of one person (usually with rare phenomena)