{"id":3938,"date":"2018-07-22T19:31:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T23:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/academic\/zz\/?p=3938"},"modified":"2019-05-25T21:28:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T01:28:44","slug":"psychological-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/academic\/zz\/research-methods-in-psychology\/psychological-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychological Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Psychologists used the scientific method because it provides the best way to gain new knowledge about behavior<\/li>\n<li>Psychologists use the scientific method to observe behaviors as they occur in everyday life and in situations researchers are interested in learning about<\/li>\n<li>What are the 4 canons of the scientific method?\n<ul>\n<li><u>Empiricism <\/u>: knowledge is gained in science by systematically observing the phenomenon being studied<\/li>\n<li><u>Determinism <\/u>: used to examine phenomena that have identifiable cause<\/li>\n<li><u>Parsimony <\/u>: an assumption of science is that simpler explanations are more likely than complex explanations to be correct<\/li>\n<li><u>Testability <\/u>: used to test descriptions and explanations of the world that can be contradicted by observations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><u>Basic research <\/u>: designed to answer fundamental questions about behavior; HOW o It advances our understanding of the causes of behavior<\/li>\n<li><u>Applied research <\/u>: designed to gain solutions to everyday problems o These explanations are tested in everyday situations to inform researchers about the best solutions for everyday problems<\/li>\n<li><u>External validity <\/u>: the degree to which the results of a study apply to individuals and realistic behaviors outside the study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I believe that the best way to study for exams is to reread my notes three times from start to finish, because last semester I did that and I got an A on my psychology exam. I believe this despite the fact that I have tried this method before and have never received an A on a psychology exam. I am failing prey to ____________.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ans: Confirmation bias<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The scientific method relies on which way of knowing information about the world?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ans: Observation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If I am concerned about whether the behavior exhibited in my research study maps on to the everyday behaviors of individuals, I am considering the ___________________ of my study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ans: External validity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psychologists used the scientific method because it provides the best way to gain new knowledge about behavior Psychologists use the scientific method to observe behaviors as they occur in&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/academic\/zz\/research-methods-in-psychology\/psychological-research\/\">Continue Reading<span> Psychological Research<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/academic\/zz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/academic\/zz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/academic\/zz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/academic\/zz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/academic\/zz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3938"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/academic\/zz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4744,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/academic\/zz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938\/revisions\/4744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/academic\/zz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/academic\/zz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/academic\/zz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}