PSYC 1030H Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Naturalistic Observation, Dependent And Independent Variables, Psychological Testing

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1030H
• Professor: Brenda Smith- Chant

Document Summary

Case study: in depth information on individual source of hypothesis. Naturalistic observation: description of behaviour in natural setting. Laboratory observation: more control and use of sophisticated equipment. Psychological test: personal information aptitude, ability, personality etc. Survey: large amount of information on large number of people. Correlational study: indicates if variables are related. Experiment: identify cause and effect, distinguishes placebo from treatment effects. Dependent variable: variable experimenter predicts affected by independent variable effect. Hypothesis: a statement that attempts to predict a relationship among variables a. Operational definition: a precise definition of a term in a hypothesis which specifies the operations for observing and measuring it. Population: the collection of people/animals we want our results to generalize to. Sample: the portion of the population that is tested in a study. Elephants are not afraid of mice. (general hypothesis) African elephants will not react to the presence of a white mouse. (research hypothesis)