PSYA01H3 Chapter 1: Textbook Notes of Chapter 1
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Chapter two the ways & means of psychology. Part 1: the scientific method in psychology (30) Psychologists conduct three major types of scientific research: naturalistic observation and clinical observation, correlation studies, and experiments. Naturalistic observation: observation of people or animals in their natural environment. This method is least formal and constrained by fewest rules. Clinical observation: the observation of the behaviour of people who are undergoing diagnosis or treatment. Examples: darwin"s observation and classification of animals for theory of evolution & maria. Montessori used this method for her ideas about child development by watching children in a classroom. & paul broca suggested that language was located in a specific region of the brain after treatment of a stroke victim. Correlational study: the examination of relations between two or more measurements of behaviour or other characteristics of people or other animals.
