PSY 240 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Psycinfo, Science Journalism, Paul Ekman
Document Summary
The research objective: maximization scale distinguishes people who are maximizers from people who are. Independent variable has three values: receipt of the treatment, receipt of nothing, receipt of the placebo. Blind to who receives the real drug and who receives the placebo: makes it unlikely that the effect of the drug could be something else. 1, males are 2; scales of happiness; etc. : ex. Examining the relationship between drugs and robbery w/ assault: operational definition of drugs: grams of cocaine within 24 hours, operational definition of robbery: above and documented assault. Impossible to control all extraneous, confounding, or third variables. Practical knowledge: applied research research that is conducted because of potential practical applications. Research strategies: deductive research connecting the theory to the empirical data; aimed at testing theory, deductive reasoning moves from general to specific; from theory, draw hypotheses/predictions, collect data to support or falsify the prediction.
