PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Naturalistic Observation, Scatter Plot, The Control Group

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

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Research starts with a research question, then they make a prediction about the outcome they expect hypothesis. Research design a set of methods that allows a hypothesis to be tested. These influence how researches: organize the stimuli used to test the hypothesis, make observations, evaluate the results. Variables the property of an object, organism or something else that can take on different values. (ex: how frequently you laugh?) Operational definitions the details that define the variables for the purposes of a specific study. A variable in the terms of the specific process or set of validation tests used to determine its presence and quantity. Data information recorded about the variables of interest. Descriptive research can be divided into 3 types: case. Less numbers and more stories: case studies an in-depth report about the details of a specific, naturalistic observation observing and recording the behaviour of people or animals as it occurs in their natural environment.