PSYA01H3 Chapter 2: Psychology - Chapter 2
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Chapter 2 the ways and means of psychology. Psychologists agree upon using a universal method for discovery and explanation called the scientific method (a set of rules that governs the collection and analysis of data gained through observation and experiments. Correlational studies: observations but with measurement and examination of variables related to certain behaviours (i. e. height vs. wealth correlation does not causation, we don"t know what causes the results,) Experiments: use active manipulation to gain a better understanding of how certain variables effect behaviour (changing the variables to confirm cause-and-effect) Rules of scientific research: identify problem and find the cause-and-effect relations among variables, design experiment, perform experiment, evaluate the hypothesis (supports or not?, communicate the results (descriptions, discussion, journal, articles) Some psychologists do interfere through asking questions such as a survey study (study of people"s responses to standardized questions) www. notesolution. com. Often experiments involve a contrast of behaviour in a control condition (a group.
