PSYA01H3 Chapter 2: Chapter 2 Notes
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Scientific method: a set of rules that governs the collection and analysis of data gained through observational studies or experiments. Naturalistic observation: animals in their natural environments (with as little involvement as possible). Most scientific questions begin by someone observing something in its natural habitat. The observation of the behaviour of people or other. For chimpanzees eye contact was a struggle for hierarchy. The first one to back down will be the weaker one. Problem: almost impossible for a human being to be invisible, so it is not exactly natural. The observation of the behaviour of people who are undergoing. The examination of relations between two or more measurements of behaviour or other characteristics of people or other animals. Correlational studies are used to study variables that cannot be manipulated by the experimenter. For example, a person"s sex, genetic history, income, social class, family environment, and personality are obviously not under the researcher"s control.
