PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Illusory Correlation, Inter-Rater Reliability, Internal Validity
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Psyc 100 chapter 2 research methods these can make us draw misleading conclusions: Heuristics are mental shortcut that helps us to streamline our thinking and make sense of our world. Research designs: naturalistic observations, case studies, correlational designs, experiemental designs. Naturalistic observations: can help understand the range of behaviours displayed by individuals in the real world external validity: extend to which we can gernealize findings to real-world settings have higher external validity than lab experiments. Watching behaviour in real-world settings without trying to manipulate the situation. Case studies: research design that examines one person or a small # of ppl in depth over an extended time period. Advantage: can provide existence proofs; allow us to study rare phenomena. Disadvantage: are typically anecdotal; don"t allow us to infer causation. Random selection: procedure that ensures every person in a population has an equal chance of being chosen to participate is crucial to generalize results to the broader population.
