PSY100H1 Chapter 2: chapter 2 textbook notes
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Chapter 2: steps in research: formulate hypothesis design study collect the. 2. data analyze data disseminate the results the goals of scientific study: what, when , what causes (varying the situation to produce a change in behavior), why: replication: repetition to confirm a result. 8. are naturally related without any attempt to alter them third variable problem: when independent variable cannot be directly manipulated cannot be confident that it was the actual cause of different results. * show a relation between two variables holds even when potential third variables are taken in to account: directionality problem: which cause which remains ambiguous, descriptive studies/observational study: observing and noting the behavior of people. 10. observational technique: systematic assessment and coding of overt behavior: major method for descriptive studies reactivity: the observation might alter the result. 11. observer bias: systematic errors in observation due to observer"s expectation experimenter expectancy effect: actual change in the behavior of objects being observed due to observer bias.
