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to understand fundamental psychological processe
-eg shadowing + dichotic listening task --> attentional capacity |
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| def: applied research + eg |
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to solve real world problems
-eg simulated driving task --> effects of cell phone use on driving (attention) |
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-greater control
-experimental realism - Ps become deeply involved in exp, high impact |
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| field research advantages +eg |
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-more realistic
-mundane realism - how closely it mirrors RL
-provides support for findings from lab research
-eg Dutton and Aron susp bridge study (accounted for 2 factor theory of love. for control, duplicated in lab) |
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| data presented as numbers, statistical analysis used |
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| analytical narratives/interviews, content analysis used |
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-answerable with data
-precisely defined terms |
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| def: operational definitions |
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| variables defined in terms of a clearly specified set of operations, measures, procedures |
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| def: converging operations |
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| -understanding of phenomena increases as studies with different operational definitions converge on same result |
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| ways to develop empirical question (4) |
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1. observing behaviour
2. solution to applied problem
3. theory testing
4. unanswered questions from past research |
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set of logically consistent statements about a phenomenon
1. summarizes existing empirical knowledge
2. organized in form of laws
3. tentative explanation
4. basis for making predictions |
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| theory creation: steps (6) + (2) |
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1. observation
2. induction (specific --> general)
3. theory
4. deduction (general --> specific)
5. hypothesis (predict specific outcomes)
6. experiment
7. confirmed+induction/disconfirmed
8. supported/false |
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| attributes of good theories (3) |
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1. productivity (generate research, advance knowledge)
2. falsification (able to be disproven. resistant = probably true)
3. parsimony (minimum number of constructs/assumptions necessary to explain phenom + predict outcomes)
-eg learning theory > psychoanalysis |
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| replicates portion of earlier work + extends (adds feartures) |
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