SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Sessions Monday 6 7 30 Allen 35 Office 39 Allen basement Wednesday 6 7 30 Allen 35 Office hours Friday 9 30 11 30 AM Warmup Chapter 1 Part 2 1 Freud said phobias were whereas Watson said phobias were A learned inherited B repressed conflicts learned C sexual unconscious D conditioned unconditioned 2 Which of the following correlation coefficients represents the strongest relationship between two variables A 0 62 B 0 98 C 0 01 D 1 24 3 A humanistic psychologist would be interested in which of the following research studies A describing a group of people who claim to have reached their full potential B understanding the role of the unconscious in a child s decision to disobey her parents C investigating the role of hormones in the mating behavior of birds D figuring out visual illusions are possible 4 Taylor received her degree from a medical school and now meets with patients on a daily basis Most of her patients have a serious psychological disorder and often Taylor will prescribe medication to treat the disorder Taylor is a A psychologist B psychiatrist C psychiatric social worker D school nurse Confound an extraneous variable that changes in sync with an independent variable making it difficult to discern which one is causing changes in the dependent variable Confounds extraneous variable that affects the variables you are interested in studying Demand characteristics participants change their behavior based on what they percieve Random assignment Experimental and control groups the experiment to be about Deception Observer bias used in descriptive research methods observing Experimenter bias used in experimental research method SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Sessions Monday 6 7 30 Allen 35 Office 39 Allen basement Wednesday 6 7 30 Allen 35 Office hours Friday 9 30 11 30 AM Activity 1 Descriptive Research Methods Assign the appropriate research method to each experiment Research methods may be used more than once Choices Naturalistic observation Laboratory observation Case study Survey Survey Case Study Survey Naturalistic Lab Case Study Naturalistic Lab 1 To determine what percentage of married females ages 25 40 cheat on their husbands 2 David was involved in a terrible car accident He appears to be fine but he insists that his mother and father are imposters who simply look like his actual mother and father 3 It s the week after Voodoo Fest in New Orleans and LSU is interested in how many students consumed illicit drugs such as molly and weed 4 A psychology grad student is curious about the honesty of highschool students compared to college students to determine this he has a friend accidentally have his money filled wallet fall out of his pocket Students are then observed to see how many return the wallet to it s owner 5 Dr Allen wants to determine the effect that energy drinks have when used in combination with exercise She plans to do this by hooking an EKG electrocardiograms onto female adults 6 8 year old Tommy is prescribed a common medication for his ADHD However when he takes it he has an unusual reaction he experiences vivid hallucinations and disppears from his home This is the first reported incidence to this medication Researchers decide to study him in detail to see what happens 7 Jane wants to see if a person in need of help is more likely to receive it on a busy or a crowded street To do this she hires an actor to fake a heart attack and runs the experiment numerous times on both busy and crowded streets 8 Danielle wants to measure temptaion and rewards in children Children are sat in a room with hidden cameras with a marshmellow in front of them They are told that if they wait to eat it until Danielle comes back they will receive three marshmellows SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Sessions Monday 6 7 30 Allen 35 Office 39 Allen basement Wednesday 6 7 30 Allen 35 Office hours Friday 9 30 11 30 AM Activity 2 Understanding the Pros and Cons of Descriptive Research Methods Type Advantages Disadvantages Naturalistic Observation Realistic view of behavior Observer effect tendency watching animals or humans behave in their normal environment Laboratory Observation watching animals or humans behave in a laboratory setting Control over experiment Allows use of special equipment of people or animals to behave differently from normal when they know they are being observed Overcome by Participant observation observer becomes a participant Observer bias tendency of observers to see what they expect to see Overcome by blind observers people who don t know what the research question is Each setting is unique so the observations may not hold fake situation that may result in fake behavior Can be difficult to generalize findings to real world situations Also Confirmation bias Tendency to notice seek out and interpret information in a way consistent with your own prior beliefs SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Sessions Monday 6 7 30 Allen 35 Office 39 Allen basement Wednesday 6 7 30 Allen 35 Office hours Friday 9 30 11 30 AM Case Study study of one individual in great detail Survey A technique for ascertaining the self reported attitudes opinions or behaviors of people a whole lot of detail rich source for hypothesis generation a lot of information to make hypothesizes from data from a large amount of people study covert secretive behavior to help get private information findings might not always be able to be applied to others no representative sample randomly selected sample of subjects from a larger population of subjects so Researchers have to ensure representative sample if interested in generalizing findings to a certain population Small variations in wording used or order of questions can affect outcomes people aren t always honest Activity 3 Experimental Research Hint 1 Use this phrase to decipher the independent variable from the dependent variable How affects i v d v IV variable the researcher manipulates him herself If you were conducting it it s the one I control DV Depends on what the participant does the effect of the manioulation on a variable A researcher conducts a study looking at the color of different rooms and aggressiveness She take a group of 40 college students and randomly assigns 20 to the red room and 20 to the blue room After the students have been in the rooms for 30 minutes she measures each person s aggressiveness level on a scale of 1 to 10 Try
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