PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nomothetic, Descriptive Statistics, Dependent And Independent Variables
10 Nov 2014
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Research in psychology: three levels of analysis (individuals can be analyzed at three levels): Human nature (we are like all others) Group differences (we are like some others) Individual uniqueness (we are like no others: there is a debate within psychology regarding whether we should conduct nomothetic or. ( the description of one ) typically focuses on a single subject, trying to observe general principles that are manifest in a single life over time (i. e. case studies). Typically involves statistical comparisons of individuals or groups, requiring samples of subjects on which to conduct research. Typically applied to identify universal human characteristics and dimensions of individual or group differences: nomothetic research, three types of scientific research. Correlational studies (observation & measurement without manipulation: usually questionnaires (surveys, hypothesis that self esteem is positively correlated with happiness. The scientific method in psychology (one continuous cycle/process)
