PSYC 2030 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Serendipity

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2030
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

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___________is referred to as research in psychology which concerns describing, predicting, and explaining fundamental principles of behavior and mental processes. ______________involves topics such as sensation and perception, learning, memory and cognition - basic research. _______________is named because it has direct and immediate relevance to the solution of real world problems - applied research. A ____________might investigate the ability to simultaneously carry out two different information processing tasks in a laboratory - basic research. Using a cell phone while driving a car is an example of ______________ - applied research. _________is a frequent target of politicians - basic research. ___________allows the researcher greater control - laboratory research. _____________is where the environment more closely matches the situations we encounter in daily living - field research. Field research is often _________and laboratory research is __________ - applied research; basic research. ___________is how closely a study mirrors real life experiences - mundane realism.