PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Long-Term Memory, Dependent And Independent Variables

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Jill Bee Rich

Document Summary

A researcher is interested in how kids that play violent video games on a regular basis affect their behaviour. The researcher randomly selects a sample of kids who play violent video games for an experiment. The experimenter takes notes while observing the kids behaviour using the method of natural observation. This method"s major advantage is it, allows one to study behaviour in normal settings, where it occurs more naturally and spontaneously (wood & Wood & boyd & wood & desmarais, eds 6, p. 7). The kids are being observed on how they behave in a classroom and on the playground. After observing the kids, the researcher tells the selected to limit the amount of time they play video games to two hours a week and must involve no violence for three weeks. At the end of the third week the kids who have participated in the experiment are observed on their behaviour again.