PSYCH 2410 Study Guide - Naturalistic Observation, Longitudinal Study, Design Of Experiments

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This outline does not necessarily mean it will appear on the exam! Also if it is not on this outline, it will not be on the exam. General tips: you need to understand the phenomena that we have discussed, but you don"t need to know details like exactly how old the kids were, who did the study, etc. Instead, focus on understanding why the study was done, how it was done (i. e. , habituation, violation of expectancy, how many groups tested, etc. Chapter 1 - introduction, history, themes, and methods. Reliability (inter-rater; test-retest) know what they mean, how to identify an instance of each: reliability the degree to which independent measurements of a behavior under study are consistent. Interrater reliability indicates how much agreement there is in the observations of different raters who witness the same behavior: some can be qualitative raters classify a baby"s attachment to mom secure or.