[PSYC 110] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (49 pages long!)
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Like rungs of a ladder, all interconnected. Different factors work together rarely independent of each other. Testable prediction based off a scientific theory. Only looking at facts that benefit your hypothesis and discard info that doesnt. We can all be fooled by research findings. Set of rules and procedures used when conducting research. Fundamental questions about behavior not specific real world problems. Principles that explain or predict many not all observed relationships. Can be directly tested in a lab. Assignment of numbers to events in everyday life. Measure 2 or more variables to determine relationship. R is correlation coefficient can be either positive or negative. Assess impact of one or more manipulations on a dependent variable. Gets rid of other variables such as race and gender. Giving someone one thing and seeing its change. Measure of central scores in data set. Can we generalize findings to general population. Protect participants from physical and psychological harm.
