Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anna O., Dependent And Independent Variables, Causal Model

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mike Atkinson

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Manipulate independent variables and measure dependent variables and control other variables. W/o proper control the experiment is confounded . Does the result really support the hypothesis: communicate the results. Publish a report in journal, present results @ convention, discuss several related experiments in book chapter. If you don"t tell people about it you didn"t do it. Psychologists interested in explaining causes of behaviour. Non-participant - observes and doesn"t change behaviour, no interaction. Participant - eg. joins the group to better observe the group behaviour. Eg. luria"s s" - guy rmbrs everything. Determine degree of relationship between 2+ variables. Be careful b/c there could be other variable causing a perceived correlation. Manipulating 1+ variables to determine the effect on some behaviours. Group 2: non-violent tv of similar show. All subjects exposed to all conditions w/ breaks. Order effect - therefore change order (counterbalancing)