PSYC 100 Chapter Notes -Blind Experiment, Central Tendency, Informed Consent

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Ingrid Johnsrude

Document Summary

The scientific method- a set of rules the governed the collection and analysis of data gained through observational studies and experiments. Naturalistic observation- the observation of the behavior of people in their natural environments. (observer remains in the background, does not interfere) Clinical observation - the observation of behavior of people who are undergoing diagnosis or treatment. (does not stay in the background, change patients behavior) Correlational study- the examination of relations between two or more measurements of behavior. Experiment- the researcher changes the value of an independent variable and observes whether it"s manipulation affects the dependent variable. Identify the problem and formulate hypothetical cause and effect among variables. Design the experiment (operationally defined) only the independent variable can be effected. Examine the data and evaluate the hypothesis. Hypothesis - tested by an experiment, expresses cause and effect by two or more events.