Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Social Desirability Bias, Internal Validity, Habituation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Identify the problem and formulate hypothesis: hypothesis: tentative statement about a relation between 2 or more events, theories: collection of hypothesis, an organizing system that is more general and elaborate. i. Descriptive research seeks to identify how humans and other animals behave, particularly in. It provides a lot of information that is then tested experimentally. The research methods used to describe behaviour are: Data can be gathered through observations, interviews, psychological tests, Advantages of case studies: are true for people or situations in general. physiological recordings, task performance or archival records. Challenges the validity of a theory or widely held belief. Can be a vibrant source of new ideas and hypotheses. May not generalize, or be applicable to other people or situations. This is known as measurement bias, or objective bias. The mere presence of an observer may disrupt a person"s or animal"s.