PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Ecological Validity, Amygdala, Blind Experiment
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Quality research is made of 5 things. Based on measurments that are objective, valid, reliable. Operational defs: statements that describe procedures or operations and specific measures that are used to record observations. Validity: degree to which the procedure actually measures what it claims to measure. Generalizability: degree one set of results can be applied elsewhere. Ecological validity: the results of a lab can be applied in natural enviro. Hawthorne effect: behavioural change as a result of being watched. Single blind study: participants do not know true purpose of the study. Double blind study: neither the experimenter nor the participant knoes. Not falsifiable: hypothesis must be specific enough to actually prove wrong. Anecdotal evidence: individ"s story or testimony used to make a claim as evidence. Appeal to authority: belief in expert"s claim when there is no supporting data. Appeal to common sense: claim appears to be sound but lacks supporting evidence.
