Psychology 2660A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Longitudinal Study, Experiment, Field Experiment

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2660A/B
• Professor: John Meyer

Document Summary

Control: able to manipulate variables to afect behaviour. Stages involved in quantitative research process: research question/hypothesis, study design lab vs. ield, experimental vs. non-experimental, data collection , data analysis, interpretation and communication. Some are not suiciently speciic to provide the basis of a study. Hypothesis: researchers guess about what the results of a study will be: it is a theoretical answer makes questions testable, the basis of the study and in some ways the most critical aspect. Start with simple causal relationship: specify boundary conditions (ask when it will occur) moderating variables afect relationship between two other variables. Specify causal mechanisms (ask why it occurred) mediating variables explain why two variables are related. Variable: attribute or characteristic of people/things that can vary. Abilities, attitudes, behavior, job performance= common variables. Dependent variables: assessed in response to the independent variables. Field setting: where the phenomenon naturally occurs.