PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Inter-Rater Reliability, Hidden Camera, Hawthorne Effect

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Oliver Hardt

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2. 2 psychology as a science: the scientific method. Naturalistic approach: observing subjects in their natural environment (ex. Important for researchers to share results to ensure validity and inter-rater reliability (consensus amongst raters) Participant observation: researcher becomes part of the group under investigation, provides new perspectives and insights, but bias is problematic, low degree of reliability because observations are dependent on the unique experience of one person, ex. In-depth analysis of a unique circumstance or individual: ex. Socially desirable bias: answering questions in a socially acceptable manner the survey: ex. Alfred kinsey"s books about sexual behaviour in males and females, based on surveys: overrepresentation of individuals who are open to discuss their sexual habits. Hypothesis and variables: hypothesis: form a prediction about a cause and effect relationship, consistent w/ prior observations or an existing theory, as simple as possible, specific, testable, falsifiable.