Psychology 2800E Study Guide - Final Guide: Internal Validity, Falsifiability, Naturalistic Observation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2800E
• Professor: Patrick Brown

Document Summary

Manipulation and assignment are used in experimenting while observation is used for non experimental research. Manipulation - in an experiment, conditions or variables assigned or presented to a participant. Assignment - in an experiment, pairing a subject with a condition or variable according to the experimenter"s plan. Non experimental research is that the data collection procedure often must forfeit some degree of control in return for obtaining the data. Qualitative research - non experimental research that asks questions regarding how people make meaning out of the world. Non experimental research is less interested in cause and effect of behaviour and more interested in how individuals understand themselves and make meaning out of their lives. Correlational research - non experimental research the measure 2+ variables to determine the degree of relationship between them other. Observational research - study method in which the researcher observes and records ongoing behaviour but does not attempt to change it.