PSY BEH 104S- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 41 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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Ch. 1: w1. 36: scientific levels of analysis, going down, categories become less macro. Ch. 2 the scientific method: the way in which we do things; asking questions, making observations, forming hypotheses, and doing experiments, w1. 42: the scientific method, 1. Do background research: look at previous studies done on the topic: 3. Construct a hypothesis: built on prior theories and research, or your observations of the world and intuition: e. g. Dra(cid:449)i(cid:374)g o(cid:374) freud"s theories, reaso(cid:374) a(cid:271)out thi(cid:374)gs to construct hypotheses: 4. Test your hypothesis with a specific research method and design: 5. Analyze your data and interpret results: 6. Observational: observing to understand what is happening; no interfering or manipulation of variables: 2. Correlational: systematically measuring (2) variables and looking at the relationship between variables: 3. Limitation: difficulty of observing certain phenomena (e. g. cannot access certain tribes in the amazon or observe reactions of people when alone: archival analysis: examine preexisting documents or archives, e. g. diaries, novels, handwritten notes, legal documents .
