Lesson 1: Experimental Psychology and Scientific Method
Explore Experimental Psychology
Test your knowledge with this engaging quiz on Experimental Psychology and the Scientific Method! Dive deep into concepts that shape our understanding of human behavior.
Whether you're a student, educator, or just curious about psychology, this quiz covers:
- Scientific Data Collection
- Behavior Prediction
- Experimental Methods
The kind of everyday nonscientific data gathering that shapes our expectations and beliefs and directs our behavior toward others
Nonscientific Sources of Data
Nonscientific Inference
Commonsense Psychology
Assigning traits to make predictions
Nonscientific Sources of Data
Nonscientific Inference
Commonsense Psychology
People are more likely to accept information from certain kinds of individuals: People who are popular, attractive, high in status, seemingly expert, or appear to be highly confident
Nonscientific Sources of Data
Nonscientific Inference
Commonsense Psychology
Behavior must follow a natural order; therefore, it can be predicted.
Seeking General Principles
Scientific Mentality
Gathering Empirical Data
Good Thinking
Publicizing Results
Self-Correction
Replication
Repeat procedures multiple times to verify results; multiple researchers should verify the experiment
Seeking General Principles
Scientific Mentality
Gathering Empirical Data
Good Thinking
Publicizing Results
Self-Correction
Replication
€˜Entities should not be multiplied without necessity’
Seeking General Principles
Scientific Mentality
Gathering Empirical Data
Good Thinking
Publicizing Results
Self-Correction
Replication
Laws, theory and hypothesis
Seeking General Principles
Scientific Mentality
Gathering Empirical Data
Good Thinking
Publicizing Results
Self-Correction
Replication
Collected in a systematic way is ideal; still not guaranteed to be correct
Seeking General Principles
Scientific Mentality
Gathering Empirical Data
Good Thinking
Publicizing Results
Self-Correction
Replication
Data collection and interpretation should be systematic, objective, and rational, with no personal biases or beliefs
Seeking General Principles
Scientific Mentality
Gathering Empirical Data
Good Thinking
Publicizing Results
Self-Correction
Replication
The more evidence that accumulates to support a particular explanation or theory, the more confidence we have that the theory is correct
Seeking General Principles
Scientific Mentality
Gathering Empirical Data
Good Thinking
Publicizing Results
Self-Correction
Replication
The process of exchanging information vital to the scientific process
Seeking General Principles
Scientific Mentality
Gathering Empirical Data
Good Thinking
Publicizing Results
Self-Correction
Replication
Includes knowledge of the conditions that reliably reproduce the occurrence of a behavior.
Explanation
Prediction
Description
Control
A systematic and unbiased account of the observed characteristics of behavior
Explanation
Prediction
Description
Control
The capacity for knowing in advance when certain behaviors would be expected to occur because we have identified other conditions with which the behaviors are linked
Explanation
Prediction
Description
Control
Once the knowledge about a behavior is learned, it is possible to use that knowledge to effect change or improve behavior
Explanation
Prediction
Description
Control
Process undertaken to test a hypothesis that particular behavioral events will occur reliably in certain, specifiable situations
Measurement
Experimentation
Observation
Assignment of numerical values to objects or events or their characteristics according to conventional rules
Measurement
Experimentation
Observation
The systematic noting and recording of events
Measurement
Experimentation
Observation
Circumstances that come before the event or behavior that we want to explain.
Comparing Treatment Conditions
Identifying Antecedent Conditions
Establishing Cause and Effect
The greatest value of psychology experiment is that we can infer ____________ relationship between the antecedent conditions and the subjects’ behaviors
Comparing Treatment Conditions
Identifying Antecedent Conditions
Establishing Cause and Effect
Specific sets of antecedent conditions
Comparing Treatment Conditions
Identifying Antecedent Conditions
Establishing Cause and Effect
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