PSY 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-11: Peripheral Nervous System, Autonomic Nervous System, Somatic Nervous System

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Mark Dallas

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Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions. The slope of the points suggests the direction of the relationship between the two variables. By random assignment of participants, the experimenter aims to control other relevant factors. Commonly used in drug- evaluation studies: placebo effect: experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behaviour caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition, which the recipient assumes is an active agent. Informed consent: an ethical principle that research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate: debriefing: the post experimental explanation of a study, including its purpose and any deceptions, to its participants. Biology, behaviour, and mind: biological perspective: concerned with the links between biology and behaviour. Includes psychologists working in neuroscience, behaviour genetics, and evolutionary psychology. We integrate information processed these different brain systems to construct our experience of sights and sounds, meanings and memories, pain and passion.