PSYCH 100 Lecture 4: PSYCH 100 - Lecture 4 - Descriptive Studies
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Psych 100 lecture 4 descriptive studies. Case study: detailed account of an individual being: usually an unusual case. Observational studies: naturalistic observation: observing something in its natural setting. Example: observing chimpanzees in their natural habitat: laboratory observation: subjects come to researcher. Example: observing marital discussion in a lab. Tests (assessments: standardized: uniform procedures for giving and scoring the test. Sat, act: norms: established standards of high and low scores, reliability: same/similar results each time, validity: test measures what it intends. Surveys: self-report, asking people to report on their behaviors and attitudes, widely used in psychology, gathers lots of information quickly. Representative sample: who you can actually survey (must represent your population) Correlation: looks for consistent relationship between two things. Positive correlation: variables move in the same direction: example: the better relationship a child has with his/her parents, the better he/she does in school.
