PSYC 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Demand Characteristics, Operational Definition, Random Assignment

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 102
• Professor: Russell Day

Document Summary

It is impossible to test all possibilities to prove the theory right but one inconsistency and the data can be proven wrong. There is one control group and one experimental group. The same group is used for the. Sampling from within a similar age group. Data is taken from the same people over time. control group and the experimental group. Po(cid:449)erful (i(cid:374)stru(cid:373)e(cid:374)t"s a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to detect small changes in magnitude) We behave differently when we are being observed. We act the way we think we should or how we think the observer wants us to act. Observing a person without their knowledge in their natural environment. Keep the true purpose of the study confidential. If the subjects do not know the purpose of the experiment, they are less susceptible to demand characteristics. If the experimenters know the purpose of the experiment, they may see what they expect to see rather than just objectively collecting data.