PSYCH 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Childhood Obesity, Internal Validity, Dependent And Independent Variables
2 Apr 2018
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Three claims, four validities: chapter 3 is the most important chapter in your book. ______ is the approach of collecting data and using it to develop, support, and/or challenge a theory: empiricism. Three necessary criteria for causal claims are: covariance, temporal precedence, and internal validity. An association claim has: two or more measured variables. Frequency claims: can describe a particular rate or level of something. From conceptual variable to operational definition: abstract concept -> measured/manipulated variable (process of operationalization, variable, anything that varies, antonym: constant. Practice identifying claims: worry may make women"s brains work overtime, variables, worrying, brain work, claim, causal. Language is pretty "hard set: variable at conceptual level, people with "grit" are more academically successful, variables, measured: "grit", academic success, claim, association. They just go together: venting anger makes people more aggressive, variables, venting, aggression, claim, causal. "makes: nearly 4 in 10 adults over age 65 use social media, variables.
