PSYC 2060 Chapter : Chapter One Five Study Guide
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It is the belief that what he or she does makes a difference. Exam date: february 23rd: internal validity is used in laboratory experiments (little relevance to real-life situations), and is the ability to confidently attribute any differences they find to the treatments itself. It allows the researchers to exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study. *correlation does not prove causation: experiment: researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects, correlation study: see #7, ethnography: descriptive research; observation on social setting, classroom or school, over an extended period of time. Chapter two: the nature vs nurture debate is based on the degree to which development is affected by experience. Most psychologist believe that nature and nurture combine to influence development, with biological playing a stronger role in some aspects, such as physical development: nature: heredity and biological factors. Chapter three: erikson"s psychosocial stages are trust vs mistrust,
