PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Blind Experiment, Dependent And Independent Variables, Internal Control

• School: Oregon State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 202
• Professor: Ameer Almuaybid

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A precise description of how the variables in a study will be. Manipulated, and/or (you"ve given half the study group the drug and the other half of sugar pill) Introspection - you internally evaluate your feelings or reactions (nisbett and wilson 1997 read telling more than we can know:verbal reports on mental processes) Scenarios that may never happen to you, or someone lies. Correlational method - method that allows the precise calculation of how strongly two variables are related. Attendance and final grade in a class (positive) Higher absence and lower final grade in class (negative) Color of hair v final grade (no correlation) Correlation coefficient: a number indicating magnitude and direct of the correlation. Introspection - you internally evaluate your feelings or reactions (nisbett and wilson. 1997 read telling more than we can know:verbal reports on mental processes) Not only give one group a real drug and fake drug, you want them to be identical.