PSY3121- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 56 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Information must be observable: systematic observation, deliberately choose how you are going to observe and gather your observations = systematic, random samples, time series etc. Includes both descriptive and experimental research: descriptive research: what? , no modifications or control, just observations, experimental research: why? , control and manipulate variables. Experimental research: establishes cause and effect , no cause and effect unless you manipulate your variable, can find correlations over time from causation, but doesn"t necessarily mean v. v. works, e. g. Independent = what was manipulated: dependent = what was measured. Ex post facto studies: means after the fact , compares someone who has the variable you are looking for to someone who doesn"t, but matches it all other variables (e. g. age, ses, education, etc. ) Things to consider: question wording/answer format, target populations, method of administration, asking questions and receiving self-report answers rather than directly observing behaviour, wording is key!
