PSYC 207 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Standard Deviation

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What makes psychological research scientific? (see in particular p. 38-41 in text) Be able to define and understand the following terms: hypothesis, operational definition, reactivity, generalizability. Study the different types of research methods, understand their advantages and disadvantages naturalistic observations, case studies, experiments, surveys, correlational studies. What is the range of values and how do you interpret the value of the correlation coefficient (i. e. , what do positive and negative values mean and what do larger or smaller values mean?) Be able to define and understand the following terms: independent variable, dependent variable, control group, single-blind and double-blind study, placebo, expectancy effects.

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