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Psych 101 Supplemental Instruction
Psych Research Methods: SI Session 9/1/15
Recap from last session…
___________ = know for test
Red writing = answer
Fill in the blank (and multiple choice)
1.
Wilhelm Wundt invented the first psychology lab.
2.
William James, a functionalist, is best known as “The Father of Psychology”
3.
In the Nature/ Nurture Debate, Nature is the debate that you are biologically born with traits
that influence your behavior. Secondly Nurture is how you were raised and in what kind of
environment you were raised in.
4.
The Little Albert Experiment performed by John Watson was controversial because it could
have impacted him throughout his whole life. (Made him scared of anything white and
furry)
5.
(Not review from last worksheet but should know) Counseling and Clinical Psychology:
a.
Mental health problems and vocational guidance
b.
Discussing every day problems; marriage counseling, family counseling, etc. psychiatry
c.
How people relate and interact with one another – social psychology
Please know Module 1 VERY well. It is one of the most important for test.
Back on track…
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Multiple choice
1.
The theory used to generate a prediction about observable events is:
a.
Independent Variable
b. Hypothesis
2.
c.
Dependent Variable
d.
Experiment
Jane Goodall and the chimpanzees is a good example of:
a.
Case Studies – description of behavior of single individual (Not one chimp)
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The Correlation Approach – attempts to determine relationship between variables
without manipulation them (She is not looking for a relationship between chimps)
c.
Causation – casual relationship exists if a change in one variable results (not looking
over change)
d.
Naturalistic Observation – observes and describes behavior (observing the
animals behavior and nothing more)
3.
A Random assignment is:
a.
Equal chance to be assigned each level of independent variable
b.
Manipulation of an experiment – Independent Variable
c.
The measure of effects of an independent variable – Dependent Variable
d.
The researcher manipulates the independent variable – Experiment
Short answer
What is this figure an example of? Why?
What is the opposite of this called and why?
-Negative Correlation, because when one
factor increases, the other decreases and
vice versa.
-Positive Correlation, because when one
factor increases, the other increases and
vice versa.
Fill in the blank
1.
The closer the correlation co-efficient is to 0, the weaker the relationship is.
2.
Experiment studies in which the researcher manipulates the independent variable and
which have random assignment.
3.
A dependent variable measures to determine the effects of the independent variable
4.
The researcher in an experiment manipulates an independent variable.
Word Bank (Words can be used more than once and some you do not use at all)
Weaker
Independent
Stronger
Dependent
Researcher
Participant
Random Assignment
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