[PSY3121] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (41 pages long)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3121
• Professor: Kathleen Biard

Document Summary

The psychology of women: researching sex and gender. 16th and 17th century science began to replace religion in inquiry. Empirical observation uses the senses to gather evidence and observations are free from biases: produces clear, testable data. Some unclear data slipped through (freud and his untestable theories) Descriptive research answers the what , while experimental answers the why . It is repeatable; observable things are measurable. We use systematic observation to view cause-and-effect relationships. Establishes cause and effect and provides explanations rather than descriptions. Most experiments take place in laboratories as opposed to natural settings. Changes in data can infer causation using multiple correlations: i. e. australia banning guns and reducing violence shortly after. Fundamental attribution area refers to basing a conclusion on limited data and/or results. Quantitative research methods allow researchers to study variables that they cannot manipulate: subject variables are characteristics used to classify participants into groups (ex post facto)