PSYCH 2AA3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Twin Study, Myelin, Nuclear Family

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2AA3
• Professor: Jennifer Ostovich

Document Summary

Case studies: ppl who were just beginning with science ex: piaget. Started out using his children as subjects. Better to do research of groups of people. Observational research: observing children leads to a lot of interesting research ideas, not getting involved, just watching what they"re doing. Correlational research: often look for correlations in human behaviour, often do survey studies, like personality tests, can"t give young kids survey. Can do interviews instead, using language they understand. Can ask parents about them or teachers. If you want dif perspectives on the same kids: problem with retrospective reports. Can"t always remember what you did as a kid. Can tell unintentional lies, memory is biased. Caveat: causation: correlation does not imply causation. Experimental research: random assignment -> causation. Everything is the same between subjects except for what is manipulated. So you know what causes it: can"t randomly assign some stuff.