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Famous Psychology Experiments

Famous Psychology Experiments. Conducting Psychology Experiments. Hypothesis. Scientific method Hypothesis formulation. =. Operationalization. Operationalization: to put an experiment into a form that allows researchers to test the hypothesis

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Famous Psychology Experiments

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  1. Famous Psychology Experiments

  2. Conducting Psychology Experiments

  3. Hypothesis • Scientific method • Hypothesis formulation =

  4. Operationalization • Operationalization: to put an experiment into a form that allows researchers to test the hypothesis • Independent variable: the variable that researchers control • Dependent variable: the variable that researchers are studying • What other questions should the researchers ask? Independent variable Dependent variable

  5. Operationalization (continued) • Confounding variables • Reliability • Validity SCARY = ? What makes a movie scary? How can we tell if a child has had a nightmare? What else might cause nightmares?

  6. Conducting the experiment Experimenting, Recording Results, Conclusion Recording the results Drawing conclusions does cause

  7. Correlation vs. Causation Correlation versus causation: just because two things are related doesn’t mean one thing caused the other Just because happened happened and then doesn’t necessarily mean that caused

  8. Replication and Theory Development • Replication • Theory development = Experiment 1 results = Experiment 2 results = Experiment 3 results = THEORY:

  9. Ethical Issues • Is it right to experiment on people? • What limits should there be?

  10. Ethical Issues • Is it right to experiment on animals? • What limits should there be?

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