[PSYC 100] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 225 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Katherine Fretz

Document Summary

Key feature of an experiment is manipulating a variable. Independent variable (the one you"re manipulating) > the type of treatment people receive. Dependant variable (what you"re measuring) > the social anxiety scores/ results. Operational de nition > social anxiety is measured on the participants test scores. Operational de nition of aggression: number of aggressive acts coded by two trained coders. Hypothesis: children who watch violent tv will act more aggressively. Independent variable: the amount of violent tv watched. Dependant variable: the number of aggressive acts after watching tv. Participants would be a random selection of kids around the same age from across. One group watches no tv, one group watches violent tv, and one group watches non-violent tv. Problems > could be different levels of aggression between boys and girls, some people have generally more aggressive personalities, how their parents act.