PSYC 1101- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 30 pages long!)
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John b. watson studied relationship between stimuli and responses; Strengthens/supports/weeds out theories: repeating a study & getting similar results, descriptive methods: observing and classifying, naturalistic vs. Participant observation: naturalistic observation: observing people/animals in natural environmental context (qualitative); lack of manipulation; **ecological. ; very detailed; not generalizable: survey methods: self-reports, interviews, questionnaires. No other (cid:449)ay, does(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)e situatio(cid:374)s that strongly affect the willingness to participate: privacy & confidentiality, confidentiality: personal, identifying info about participations is collected; not shared, anonymity: no collection of personal/identifying info. Informed consent: participants make knowledgeable decision to participate, exception: if observed individuals remain anonymous to researchers. Ch 3 biology & neuroscience: central vs. Allows brain to change as result of experience/injury: cameron mott: half of brain removed, michelle mack: born w/ half brain. If behavior consistently reduces drive becomes habit: need: state of biological/social deficiency, motivation: process that energizes/guides/maintains behavior toward a goal, homeostasis: tendency for bodily functions to maintain equilibrium, 3 key components of emotions, 1.
