PSY 310 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Response Bias, Institutional Review Board, Literature Review

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 310
• Professor: christianluhmann

Document Summary

Chapter 1: psychological research and the research methods course. Qualitative research - in a natural setting, focuses on an entire phenomenon or culture, develop complete description of behavior of interest. Descriptive methods - no manipulation of factors or variables. Correlational studies - strength of relation between two factors or variables. Surveys, questionnaires, tests, inventories - assess attitudes, thoughts, emotions. Ex post facto studies - factors or variables are studies after the fact. Experiments - cause-and-effect relationships in nature; manipulate iv, record dv, and control extraneous variables. Problem - identify problem or question to study. Theoretical considerations - lit review highlights theories that point to relevant research projects. Theory - formal statement of the relations among iv"s and dv"s in a given area. All good theories 1) represent an attempt to organize a given body of scientific data and 2) point the way to new research.