PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wilhelm Wundt, Dependent And Independent Variables, Confounding

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Gerald Goldberg, Miranda Di Lorenzo, Nikoo Norouzian, JongJin Kim, Eden Champagne

Document Summary

Two people were put into a divided room and they had to look at human tissue and determine if it was healthy or diseased. Participant a gets real feedback and learns. Help us understand the limits of the truth of statements. An expert is someone who understands the limits of the truth of statements. Extraneous variables (ex. the time of day) Variable leads to more operational cost/less profit leads to less operational cost/more profit leads to. With control: independent variable (i. v. ) caused a change ( ) in dependent variable (d. v. ) Research helps teach us the limits of the truth of statements. Ex. higher salary will motivate people to work more hours. A study in mexico proved this is not always the case. For example, the impact of specific goals depend on culture. If expect to participate in goal setting, need mutually agreed goals. Collectivist culture group goal over individual. Face-saving cultures specific goals may lead to loss of face.