PSY 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Blind Experiment, Informed Consent, Random Assignment

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 102
• Professor: Stephen Want

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The beauty and necessity of good research design: science vs. pseudoscience. Why we need research design: na ve realism, confirmation bias, prefrontal lobotomy (surgical procedure that sever fibers connecting frontal lobes of brain from underlying thalamus): used to treat schizophrenia, the(cid:455) did(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:272)olle(cid:272)t s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)i(cid:272) resear(cid:272)h, essentially useless, caused extreme apathy. How we can be fooled: 2 modes of thinking: first impressions are at times surprisingly accurate. The scientific method: toolbox of skills: external validity: extent to which we can generalize findings to real world settings. Informed consent: informing research participants of what is involved in a study before asking them to participate: protect them from harm + discomfort, deception and debriefing: i(cid:374)for(cid:373)ed of de(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) asap, (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:272)ause ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)al pain/emotional distress. Statistics: the language of psychological research (application of mathematics to describing + analyzing data. Descriptive statistics: what"s what? (numerical characterization that describe data)