PSYCH 100B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Experiment, Demand Characteristics, Literature Review
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May not know what questions to ask so we start by observing. 4 predominant methods survey- most common way to gather data certain action. Ex) cannot just walk into a classroom and observe. Hard to ask good questions that don"t create demand characteristics. Demand self report, lying, make stuff up. Non-response bias- people saying no. only getting subset of people willing to answer. People responding don"t account for the people who will make a advantage: a lot fo data quickly disadvantages are many: Most research starts with observation hypothesis about wat might be causing behavior and testing it by using true experiment. ex) hilary was expected to win but trump supporters didn"t answer survery. fit (cid:498)sharing(cid:499) for example. Deciding what bservable behaviors to look for. look in different classroom to see different possible defineable behaviors. Literature review: look at other works to see what other people defined as sharing. Ex) hidden camera: ethics issue- infringe on peoples privacy.
