PSYC 001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2-13: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Basilar Membrane, Retina
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Studies that involve observing behavior to describe that behavior objectively and systematically. The intensive examination of an unusual person or organization. The phenomenon that occurs when knowledge that one is being observed alters the behavior being observed. When people change their behavior because they"re being watched. Systematic errors in observation that occur because of an observer"s expectation. Actual change in the behavior of the people or the nonhuman animals being observed that is due to the expectations of the observer. Observe how variables are naturally related in the real world, without any attempt by the researched to alter them or assign causation between them. Positive correlation - a relationship between two variables in which both variables either increase or decrease together. Negative correlation - a relationship between two variables in which one variable increases when the other decreases and vice versa.
