PSYA01H3 Chapter 2: The Ways and Means of Psychology
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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. Observational in nature but involves more formal measurement of environmental events, of individuals" physical and social characteristics, and of their behaviour.
