PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hindsight Bias, Naturalistic Observation, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Mary Theresa Howard

Document Summary

Hindsight bias i knew it all along phenomena. Before research can begin, de nitions for concepts must be created. Types of research: case study study an individual case, surveys can acquire lots of data about a speci c topic, naturalistic observation catches people in real environments without any manipulation. Can"t get information about their thoughts and feelings. Often paired with survey: correlational study find relationship between 2 variables. Relationship can be one way or two. Third variable problem another variable is in uencing the relationship between a and. B: experimental try to control everything except for the independent variables. There is no method that is perfect, they all have pros and cons to each: can be used together. There will be about 10 questions of 5 and 10 marks each. The exam will be out of 65 marks, which will be brought down to 20% of your mark. No journal is needed for the exam.