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Methods of Psychology

Methods of Psychology. Experiments. Scientific Inquiry. Hypothesis What you expect to find. Experiments. Lunar  Lunacy. Hypothesis: Moon influences Behaviour. When there is a full moon, there is an increase in mental hospital admissions. Hypothesis. People admitted to mental hospitals.

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Methods of Psychology

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  1. Methods of Psychology

  2. Experiments Scientific Inquiry

  3. Hypothesis • What you expect to find Experiments

  4. Lunar Lunacy Hypothesis: Moon influences Behaviour

  5. When there is a full moon, there is an increase in mental hospital admissions Hypothesis

  6. People admitted to mental hospitals Choose Subjects

  7. Definition: • Things that can be changed Variables for Moon

  8. Phases of the moon, rate of mental hospital admissions Variables When there is a full moon, there is an increase in mental hospital admissions?

  9. Need to be aware of these Hidden Variables

  10. Hospital admissions drop over the weekend Interfered with the variables

  11. What do you think they found? Re-did the study

  12. Experimenter changes or varies this. Variables: Independent

  13. The factor that CHANGES as a result of the changes in the independent variable Variables: Dependent

  14. If: Independent Variable (what is controlled) • a request is made by a person in a uniform, Then more people will agree to this request than to a request made by someone without a uniform. If What is the independent and dependent variable?

  15. Then: Dependent Variable (what is measured) • If a request is made by a person in a uniform, Then more people will agree to this request than to a request made by someone without a uniform. Then What is the independent and dependent variable?

  16. Field Studies Scientific Inquiry

  17. Jet Lag

  18. Experimental Group

  19. What did they find?

  20. Survey Method Scientific Inquiry

  21. Naturalistic Observation Scientific Inquiry

  22. Naturalistic Observation Scientific Inquiry

  23. Interviews Scientific Inquiry

  24. Case Study Method

  25. Psychological Testing

  26. Longtitudinal and Cross-sectional Studies

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