Psychology 3780F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The Control Group, Social Desirability Bias, Time Point

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3780F/G
• Professor: Erin Heerey

Document Summary

Psychology of social life/behaviour is a broad topic. Some of it happens beyond the confines of the lab. Lecture 4: responses to environmental events (i. e. 9/11, responses on social media, natural social behaviour (conversations with parents with/without generalized anxiety), societal norms. Non-experimental research designs: quasi-experiments, correlational approaches, observation, survey research, experience sampling, meta-analysis, archival research, internet-based research. Distinct levels of iv (e. g. treatment and control) Close to, but not quite, a true experiment. Often lack random assignment to groups: because of the topic of research (e. g. , gender, culture, illness, ethical considerations. Weaker versions of quasi-experiments include: non-equivalent group designs, especially good from natural events, hurricane katrina; 9-11, the control group has pre-existing differences. Time-series designs: a version of the pre-test/post-test design, good for evaluating policy shifts (drinking age 18 vs. 21 drinking fatalities) Assesses the strength and type of relationship between two variables (their covariance ) Can examine a variety of relationships (using different types of correlational techniques)