PSYCH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Biogenic Amine, Monoamine Neurotransmitter, Operational Definition
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Sean is interested in how climate influences exercise habits. He believes that, on average, people who live in cold climates exercise less than those in warm climates because they cannot exercise outdoors. To investigate his __________ sean uses the average yearly temperature as a(n) __________ of climate. Theory is explanation of how a phenomenon works. Operational definition - is the translation of an abstract construct into concrete terms in order to test prediction. What is correlation coefficients and what does it mean. Measure the degree to which two values goes together. No b/c there are variable you haven"t through of. Drugs companies favors the data (make $) The depression itself might cause changes in the level of ne and 5- Ppl who are depression don"t move as much. Observed correlations are said to be spurious when compelling confounding 3rd variables can be identified. Mean it doesn"t add to what it seem to be.
