PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Statistical Inference, Standard Deviation, Publication Bias
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The goals of science: two very broad research design approaches used by researchers, experimental, used when the researcher wants to test cause and effect. 1. i. e. only experimental approach allows for causality: non-experimental, naturalistic observation, actions and events are carefully measured and catalogued but independent variables cannot be directly manipulated and confounding factors are hard to control, quasiexperimental, correlational, survey, single subject. Indicates how a concept is coded, measured, or quantified: explanation. Important aspect of description and explanation is establishing predictive relationships between two events or occurrences. Practical knowledge: studies are catagorized as either, basic research, addresses fundamental questions about the nature of abstract psychological processes and ideas, such as a. The effects of permanent smile on mood. Starting with observation: simple observation, source of evidence and ideas, serendipity effect, accidentally discovering something fortunate, keep an open mind for the unexpected, unlikely and counterintuitive. Inhibiting motor movements can interfere with experience of emotion.
