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Page 1: Scientific Method. Bell ringer  Write what you know about the scientific method. How do you think it relates to psychology?

Scientific Method

Page 2: Scientific Method. Bell ringer  Write what you know about the scientific method. How do you think it relates to psychology?

Bell ringer

Write what you know about the scientific method. How do you think it relates to psychology?

Page 3: Scientific Method. Bell ringer  Write what you know about the scientific method. How do you think it relates to psychology?

Take out a scratch piece of paper

Write a question you have about human behavior (one on each half)

EX: why did I/he/she. They do that? Think that? Live that way?

Fold your paper

Page 4: Scientific Method. Bell ringer  Write what you know about the scientific method. How do you think it relates to psychology?

Trade with up to five people without looking at the questions

Open your questions and read share them with the people around you

Discuss the questions/answers

Pick the question your group finds most interesting or intriguing

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Read question out loud

Discuss how different psychologists would analyze

Page 6: Scientific Method. Bell ringer  Write what you know about the scientific method. How do you think it relates to psychology?

Scientific Method: Step 1

Select a topic

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Step 2:

Develop a theory and Hypothesis

Page 8: Scientific Method. Bell ringer  Write what you know about the scientific method. How do you think it relates to psychology?

Theory: An organized system of ideas that seeks to explain why two or more events are related

EX: low self-esteem feeds depression

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Hypothesis: An educated prediction about the nature of things based on a theory

Testable, makes a prediction, variables are specific

EX: People with low self-esteem score higher on a depression scale

Page 10: Scientific Method. Bell ringer  Write what you know about the scientific method. How do you think it relates to psychology?

Try it out! Write a hypothesis for the question you wrote

Page 11: Scientific Method. Bell ringer  Write what you know about the scientific method. How do you think it relates to psychology?

Write a hypothesis for one of the scientific questions

Does the size of a classroom affect learning?

Does age affect fundraising?

Create one in your group (topic, theory, hypothesis,)

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Step 3

Select a scientific method and consider ethical issues

Method: Laboratory or natural setting

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Sample: The group of subjects who are selected to participate

Random selection/sample: sample that fairly represents a population because all people have an equal chance of being chosen

Variables: Factors in study that can be measured and are capable of changing

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How do we know our biases aren’t affecting the outcome??

Operational Definition: A very clear description of how a variable is measured

EX: How is aggression measured in a study on TV’s influence on violence

Replication: operational definition allows another researcher to repeat the study and test the findings

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Is the Experiment ethical

Studies evaluated by a panel of scientists and non scientists

Priority always given to welfare of participants

****Handouts on human and animal guidelines (Is your experiment ethical?)

****Analyze Zimbardo Experiment

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Step 4

Collect and Analyze data

Report results