Intro to Psych Chapter 2 - Scientific Approach
2.1 - Looking for Laws: The Scientific Approach to Behavior - Goals of the Scientific Enterprise - Steps in a scientific investigation - advantages of the scientific approach 2.2 - Looking for Causes: Experimental Research - Independent and Dependent variables - experimental and control groups - Variables - Advantages/Disadvantages 2.3 - Looking for Links: Descriptive/Correlational Research - Correlation and Prediction - Correlation and Causation - Observation - Case study - Survey - Advantages/Disadvantages 2.4 Looking for Flaws: Evaluating Research - Replication - Sampling Bias - Placebo - Distortions - Experimenter bias 2.5 Looking at Ethics: Do the Ends Justify the Means? - The question of deception - Animal Research
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Indiana University
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Intro To Psychology 102
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- 2019/2020
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- Waters
- Contains
- General psychology
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- psychology
- scientific enterprise
- scientific investigation
- experimental research
- variations
- control groups
- correlation
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prediction
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observation
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case studies
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survey
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causation
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sampling bias
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bias
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