PSY 313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Schizophrenia, Jane Goodall, Design Of Experiments
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Research methodology | attempt to distill truth from observations and manipulations of the world. Casual: interest, fleeting thoughts, curiosity: casual observations (watching people) Formal: solving practical problems (ex. fake bus stop for dementia/alzheimer"s patients: ex. Testing predictions about human behavior, replication of published research. Empirical: driven by evidence in the form of systematic observation. Public: write papers, attend conferences, distribute to policy makers/media. Cycle of science: shows the process of a research study from its initial idea idea--> define variables--> participants--> design experiment--> collect data--> evaluate data--> report results refine idea--> define variables. Project adam (legos) lab: showed the importance of being specific and straightforward of developing an experiment. Observational study: watching behavior and collecting quantitative/qualitative data about that behavior. Behavior categories: identify/list category of behaviors prior to observation, create clear operational definitions. Frequency method: count # of times observe behavior in fixed amount of time. Duration method: measure amount of time spent engaging in behavior.
