more Psych. Ch.1

• 1. Experimental method
• 2. Correlational method
• 3. Naturalistic Observation method
• 4. Case Study method
• 5. Survey

• 1. Question
• 2. Hypothesis
• 3. Randomization of subjects into Experimental Groups and Control Groups
• 4. Run experiments
• 5. Compare results between groups

Advantage - Allows experimenter to indicate cause and effect

Disadvantage - Poor applicability to the real world

• Examines relationships between variables
• Tells effects of causes

• Variable measured at the end
• (Outcome)

• The variable that is changes
• The thing that is different between groups or subjects

Studying subjects in natural habitat (overt or covert)

Problems with self fulfilling prophecies & observer effect

• In-depth study of 1 person or small group
• (used least by psychologists)

• Advantage- Lots of info.
• Disadvantage- Poor generalizability

Questions & answers

• Advantage- Cheap, quick, & easy
• Disadvantage- Many sources of bias

• 1. Self Report
• Subjects answers
• 2. Behavioral
• Researcher observes subjects' actions
• 3. Archival
• Views subjects' past records
• 4. Physiological
• Moniters subjects' bodily functions

Studies a large group over a short time-period

Small group over a long time

• Single-blind: Study in which the subjects don't know if they're in the experimental or control group
• Double-blind: Neither subjects nor person measuring the dependent variable know who got what