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The Science of Psychology 21 How do researchers go about testing the hypothesis? People have a tendency to notice only things th ...

22 CHAPTER 1 At this point, you would want to write up exactly what you did, why you did it, how you did it, and what you found. ...

The Science of Psychology 23 Descriptive Methods 1.6 Compare and contrast some of the methods used to describe behavior. There a ...

24 CHAPTER 1 the infant to the equipment, controlling the number of infants and their ages, as well as everything else that goes ...

The Science of Psychology 25 could randomly select a certain number of college freshmen from several different col- leges across ...

26 CHAPTER 1 Both the wording of survey questions and the order in which they appear can affect the outcome. It is difficult to ...

The Science of Psychology 27 Notice that the closer the number is to zero, the weaker the relationship becomes. Researchers woul ...

28 CHAPTER 1 approximately 480,000 deaths each year in the United States alone, correlation by itself cannot be used to prove ca ...

The Science of Psychology 29 specifically names the operations (steps or procedures) that the experimenter must use to control o ...

30 CHAPTER 1 random assignment process of assigning subjects to the experimental or control groups ran- domly, so that each subj ...

The Science of Psychology 31 Experimental Hazards and Controlling for Effects 1.9 Recall two common sources of problems in an ex ...

32 CHAPTER 1 any improvement you show may be caused only by your own increased effort, not by the drug. That’s an example of the ...

The Science of Psychology 33 Reset can lead to formation of hypotheses that can later be tested Scientific Research (psychology ...

34 CHAPTER 1 APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking A Sample Experiment Addresses APA LO 2.4: Interpret, design, a ...

The Science of Psychology 35 Ethics of Psychological Research The study that Dr. Watson did with “Little Albert” and the white r ...

36 CHAPTER 1 Participants must be allowed to make an informed decision about participation. This means that researchers have to ...

The Science of Psychology 37 Animal Research 1.11 Explain why psychologists sometimes use animals in their research. Psychologis ...

38 CHAPTER 1 Practice Quiz How much do you remember? What is the first guideline for doing research with people? a. Participant ...

The Science of Psychology 39 empirically should be examined using established scientific approaches. One shouldn’t accept anythi ...

40 CHAPTER 1 *hoax: something intended to fool people, a trick or lie. **gullible: easily fooled or cheated. CC claim by many al ...