PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Contact Hypothesis, Social Comparison Theory, Social Learning Theory

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Ashley Waggoner Denton

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Research methods the view that knowledge comes from observed / sensory experience: empirical evidence: data that"s been collected (or knowledge that"s been gained) by scientific observation. Role of theory: scientific theories typically explain the relationship between 2/more variables. Experiments involve manipulating the variable(s) of interest, while keeping everything else consistent between the different conditions: participants are randomly assigned to study conditions. Example: karpicke & blunt, 2011 independent variable = the type of studying student participants engaged in: study, repeated study, concept mapping, or retrieval practice, dependent variable = performance on a test. Confound: anything that may unintentionally vary along with the independent variable limit our ability to make casual claims. ), as well as those variables you haven"t yet thought of. Random sample: each member of the population of interest has an equal chance of being chosen to participate. Population: group that you want to be able to generalize your findings to.