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Methods of Psychology. Experiments. Scientific Inquiry. Hypothesis What you expect to find. Experiments. Lunar Lunacy. Hypothesis: Moon influences Behaviour. When there is a full moon, there is an increase in mental hospital admissions. Hypothesis. People admitted to mental hospitals.
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Experiments Scientific Inquiry
Hypothesis • What you expect to find Experiments
Lunar Lunacy Hypothesis: Moon influences Behaviour
When there is a full moon, there is an increase in mental hospital admissions Hypothesis
People admitted to mental hospitals Choose Subjects
Definition: • Things that can be changed Variables for Moon
Phases of the moon, rate of mental hospital admissions Variables When there is a full moon, there is an increase in mental hospital admissions?
Need to be aware of these Hidden Variables
Hospital admissions drop over the weekend Interfered with the variables
What do you think they found? Re-did the study
Experimenter changes or varies this. Variables: Independent
The factor that CHANGES as a result of the changes in the independent variable Variables: Dependent
If: Independent Variable (what is controlled) • a request is made by a person in a uniform, Then more people will agree to this request than to a request made by someone without a uniform. If What is the independent and dependent variable?
Then: Dependent Variable (what is measured) • If a request is made by a person in a uniform, Then more people will agree to this request than to a request made by someone without a uniform. Then What is the independent and dependent variable?
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