PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Natural Experiment, Participant Observation, Statistical Significance
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Chapter 2 the methods of social psychology. Hindsight bias: people"s te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)y to (cid:271)e o(cid:448)er(cid:272)o(cid:374)fide(cid:374)t a(cid:271)out (cid:449)hether they (cid:272)ould ha(cid:448)e predicted a given outcome. Hypothesis: a prediction about what will happen under particular circumstances. Theory: a body of related propositions intended to describe some aspect of the world. Balance theory: hypothesis that can be tested in a variety of ways. Participant observation: taking notes and interviewing participants. Researchers can look at evidence found in archives of various kinds; including census reports, police records, sports statistics, newspaper articles and databases containing historic and ethnographic (anthropological) descriptions of people in different cultures. Surveys can be conducted using either interviews or written questionnaires. Correlational research: to determine whether there is a relationship between the variables. Experimental research: research that randomly assigns people to different conditions, or situations, and that enables researchers to make strong inferences about how these different conditions affect behavior.
