psychology research methods tuesday: bring headphones!!
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Psychology Research Methods
Tuesday: Bring Headphones!!
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Sample
The small group of participants, out of the total number available that a researcher studies.
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Naturalistic Observation
Method in which psychologists observe the subject in a natural setting without interfering.
Examples : Jane Goodall
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Case Study
Method that involves an intensive investigation of one or more participants.
Example: Freud
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Surveys
Method in which information is obtained by asking many individuals a set of fixed questions.
Example: Voting
Projections
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Longitudinal Study
Method in which data is collected about a group of participants over a number of years to assess how certain characteristics change or remain the same during development.
Example : Mr. Hannah follows you to college
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Cross-Sectional Studies
Method in which data is collected from groups or participants of different ages and compared so that conclusions can be drawn about such differences due to age.
Tracking learning abilities at different ages.
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Experimentation
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Researcher controls the situation to analyze samples.
Example : Creating a simulation of a fight to test the bystander theory.
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Some Experimentation Terms
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Self-fulfilling prophesy
Situation where a researcher’s expectations influence the sample’s behavior, making an inauthentic experiment.
Examples: Counting horse, Inkblots
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Single-Blind Experiment
Experiment where the participants are unaware of which participants received the treatment.
Example: Milgram Experiment
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Double-Blind Experiment
An experiment which neither the experimenters nor the participants know which participants received the treatment.
How could this be more authentic than a single blind experiment?
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Placebo Effect
A change in a participant’s illness or behavior that results from a belief that the treatment will have an effect, rather than the actual treatment.
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Reflection
Which research method do you think is best? (naturalistic observation, survey, case study, experiment, longitudinal, cross-sectional)