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2 Chapter Scientific Method How does psychology investigate? Uses the scientific approach We can misinterpret what we see and hear Information based o the personal experience involves judgments o Protect our ego o Protect our self-esteem Requires Four Attitudes Curiosity Critical Thinking Objectivity Skepticism Uses objective, systematic, and testable research information known as Data Four Steps Conceptualize the problem (what is the problem) o Hypothesis Collect data Analyze the data Draw conclusions Revise conclusions and theory as necessary Hypothesis An educated guess Chapter 2 Specific assumptions or predictions that can be tested Theory Hypothesis that is proven A set of interrelates ideas that help make predictions ands behavior explain Population and Sample Population- the entire group about which the investigator wishes to draw conclusions Sample-subgroup of the population chosen by the investigator to study Types of Research Observation o Laboratory Drawback: subjects are aware of being studied o Naturalistic Surveys and Interviews o Drawback: subjects may give socially desired answers Standardized Tests Case Studies- in depth study on one person Research Challenges-Ethics and Values Informed consent Confidentiality Chapter 2 Debriefing- someone sits down and discusses results Deception American Psychological Association (APA) Guidelines Minimizing Bias Ethics of Animal Research Necessity- to overall human life Health Humane Treatment
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St. John Fisher >> PHIL >> 228 (Fall, 2006)
Ian Tierson 4/9/2008 Professor O\'Brien Philosophy through Literature Strangers on a Train quiz The novel Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith demonstrates the triangular structures of desire as outlined by J.M. Coetzee through Guy and Bruno\'s ...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Prof. Green Stat 102 The Statistical Underpinnings of Experimentation Randomization and Sampling Variability R.A. Fisher saw that not only did random assignment make for unbiased inference, it also allows one to make useful statements about the degr...
St. John Fisher >> PHYS >> 113 (Fall, 2006)
Ian Tierson 4/9/2008 Dr. Karim Physics in Modern Technology CDs and DVDs Data Storage has taken many forms over the years. In the distant past, music was stored on rotating black discs made of vinyl called gramophone records, or phonograph records, ...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Prof. Green Intro Stats Regression with Experimental Data Regression ranks among the most useful tools in statistics. Use #1: Predicting outcomes. Often a mindless, theory-free activity. Can be fun and/or profitable. Example: predicting sales based ...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Prof. Green Stat 102 From T-Tests to Regression to Multiple Regression The T-test provides an instructive way to get acquainted with the idea of \"degrees of freedom.\" In contrast to the Z-test, where numbers like 1.65 and 1.96 have magical qualities ...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Green / Statistics The Mechanics of Multiple Regression One of the most important concepts in statistics is the idea of \"controlling\" for a variable. This lecture is designed to give you a feel for what \"controls\" are and how they are implemented in ...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Green / Statistics Regression: Tricks of the Trade Data for this example come from Green, Strolovitch, and Wong (1998): \"Defended Neighborhoods, Integration, and Racially Motivated Crime\" (American Journal of Sociology). The dependent variable is the...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Statistics Professor Green Perils of Multiple Regression Least-squares regression rests on several assumptions about the causal process by which the data were generated. Becoming an intelligent consumer of statistical information requires one to unde...
Texas >> PHIL >> 301 (Spring, 2008)
PHL 301 Practice Final Exam Mandatory Portion This is too short, but, in the interest of getting on the web now: Quotations Aristotle Plato Locke Hume Kant 1. . . . although they make use of the visible forms and reason about them, they are thinking ...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Green / Stats Causal Order One of the basic principles of statistics or philosophy of science for that matter is that numbers themselves cannot adjudicate questions of causality. Just because variables X and Y are strongly correlated does not mean ...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Green / Stats Forecasting and Prediction To this point in the course, we have focused primarily on parameter estimation rather than prediction. In this lecture, I want to discuss prediction and forecasting. Forecasting is usually understood to be a ...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Green / Stats The Importance of \"Importance\" This lecture aims to distinguish among various meanings of the term \"importance\" as applied to regression results. I will use James E. Campbells regression analysis of presidential election outcomes (see c...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Welcome to STAT 101a-106a Introduction to Statistics Syllabus Overview On classes server under web page and syllabus. Updated periodically. About The Sections . . . About Me . . . Why I\'m here . . . Your Questions . . . Things to Do Today Fill out M...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Announcements Turn in sheet for desired course section today. Assignments made by next class. See times for my and TA\'s office hours on web. USE THEM! Homework 1 assigned today (available online in materials folder on classes server). DUE NEXT TUESDA...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Data Relationships Today: describing relationship of two quantitative variables : Scatterplots Correlation Regression Visualizing Relationships : Scatterplots Plot two variables simultaneously Put one variable on horizontal axis, other variable o...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Announcements : Homework 1 due today before you leave. Remember to sign up for STAT 100-0a on the classes server AND for whichever section you are in! TA office hours and locations are listed online Open session with JDRS every Monday, 2:30-3:30 in O...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Toward Statistical Inference Thanks to Joe Chang in the Statistics Department for some lecture content Inference use information about a sample to draw an inference about the population Example : A CNN/Gallup/USA Today poll of 1000 people reveal tha...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Probability in Practice (The trick is knowing when to apply which probability rule!) Suggestions : Read the Textbook. I like it. Do problems in book. They have solutions. Make a picture. This helps to clarify sample spaces. Do some more problems. Ex...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
X Outcome Random Variables Cartoon Guide Chapter 4 Highly Recommended! A Random Variable is : Y HH 2 The numerical outcome of a random experiment A function defined on the Sample Space S (the set of all possible outcomes). This function assigns...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Midterm 1 Thursday, September 29 In class One Hour (but you\'ll have until 2:25) Covers through Probability (chapter 15 in book) Closed note, closed book Any formulas needed will be provided Bring a calculator (doesn\'t need to be fancy) Bring somethin...
Texas >> PHIL >> 301 (Fall, 2008)
PHILSOPHY REVIEW TEST 2 Teams - Rationalists: Descartes, Leibniz, Augustine - Empiricists: Locke, Hume - Skepticisms: Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), Augustine - Logical, mathematical truths - I am, I know I am, I know that I know that I am. I love it that I ...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
The Central Limit Theorem Revisited Two more views Here again is the Central Limit Theorem : Central Limit Theorem If X1, X2, . . . Xn are a sample of n independent and identically distributed trials from any distribution with mean and standard dev...
Texas >> BIO >> 311C (Fall, 2008)
Practice questions 1) A) B) C) D) E) Which of the following is not part of the endomembrane system? the nuclear envelope the ER the Golgi apparatus lysosomes peroxisomes 2) Which of the following is/are motor proteins? A) myosin B) actin C) A and B ...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Hypothesis Testing Like proof by contradiction : (think back to geometry) Example : if x and y are two even numbers, prove that x+y is also even. Proof (by contradiction). Assume x+y is an odd number. Than x+y = 2c+1 for some integer c. If x and y ar...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Two-sample tests of means in MINITAB : use Stat Basic Statistics Two-sample-t. Data can be entered in separate columns, or in a single column with a variable indicating treatment group (the subscript column). Click options to set confidence/alpha l...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Inference for Two-Way Tables : The finer things in life (Agresti, Categorical Data Analysis is a good additional resource for this topic) Example : Music and Wine. A marketing study examined the effect of playing different kinds of music on the numb...
Yale >> STAT >> 102 (Fall, 2005)
Announcements Midterm Thursday, 10/20 in OML202 Closed note, closed book. Any complicated formulas needed will be provided. Bring a calculator Next week Go to sections for remainder of the term EXCEPTION : Pre-Med section meets with me and 103 sec...
Delaware >> CGSC >> 270 (Fall, 2007)
Cog Sci. exam 1 study guide Induction, deduction & abduction Deduction- ex: a syllogism. All P are Q. B is a P therefore B is a Q. Its true by logical necessity, assuming that the premises are true. Goes from a general statement to a more specific st...
St. John Fisher >> PHYS >> 113 (Fall, 2006)
Ian Tierson 4/9/2008 Dr. Karim Physics in Modern Technology Fossil Fuels In today\'s market, the most valuable consumable resource is Oil. As a controller of worldwide markets, oil is a modern power possession. Those who control oil distribution have...
LSU >> BIOL >> 1002 (Spring, 2008)
Test 3 Outline Chapter 22 Arthropods are the dominant animals on earth Includes insects, arachnids, myriopods, and crustaceans Over 1 million have been discovered and an estimated 9 million remain undescribed All have an exoskeleton which protects th...
St. John Fisher >> PHYS >> 113 (Fall, 2006)
Ian Tierson 4/9/2008 Dr. Karim Physics in Modern Technology Greenhouse Effect The greenhouse effect has become a buzzword in recent times; used by politicians to scare the public into thinking we need to spend money on improving environmental standa...
St. John Fisher >> PHYS >> 113 (Fall, 2006)
Ian Tierson 4/9/2008 Dr. Karim Medical Imaging Essay Prior to the advent of non-invasive medical imaging, it was difficult for diagnosticians to get accurate prognosis without causing more harm than good. With the technology we have today, not only ...
St. John Fisher >> PHYS >> 113 (Fall, 2006)
Ian Tierson Dr. Karim 4/9/2008 Physics in Modern Technology Nuclear energy Energy consumption worldwide increases every year, and with a dwindling supply of fossil fuels, there could be a devastating end to the production of this energy source. The ...
St. John Fisher >> PHYS >> 113 (Fall, 2006)
Ian Tierson Dr. Karim 4/9/2008 Physics Through Modern Technology The communications aspect of modern society has recently been turned upside down through the development of fiber optic technology. This new development on the interpersonal communica...
St. John Fisher >> PHYS >> 113 (Fall, 2006)
Ian Tierson 4/9/2008 Dr. Karim Radio Carbon Dating Essay For many years now, humanity has been interested in its past. We are intrigued by what happened many years ago, and we have devoted many resources to the field of archaeology to discover the t...
St. John Fisher >> PHYS >> 113 (Fall, 2006)
At the start of the 21st century, petrol and electric hybrid models appeared to fill the gap. Toyota\'s Prius model was voted car of the year 2005 in Europe and gained a similar accolade in the United States. Experimentation with other energy sources ...
St. John Fisher >> PSYCH >> 101 (Spring, 2007)
Attractiveness and territorial requests 1 Running head: ATTRACTIVNESS AND TERITORIAL REQUESTS Looking sharp, it just might get you there sooner: a look at the effects of attractiveness on compliance with requests for territory Ian Tierson St. John...
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St. John Fisher >> PSYCH >> 101 (Spring, 2007)
Ian Tierson Chapter 1: Question 2: A) Some students stay up later than others stay up and therefore avoid morning classes. B) I would get a sample of 100 students asking what time they usually go to bed on a school night, and what time their classes ...
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St. John Fisher >> PSYCH >> 101 (Spring, 2007)
Ian Tierson Chapter 13: Question 2: A) Naturalistic observation involves unobtrusive observation of behavior in a natural setting. Contrived observation involves setting up situations to be observed. SNAP is an example of contrived observation becaus...
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St. John Fisher >> PSYCH >> 101 (Spring, 2007)
Homework # 11 - PSYC 200 Dr. Rager Name_Ian Tierson_ Due Tues. 3/13/07 - Bring 2 typed copies to class! Bring two copies of a draft of Mini-paper 2 for peer review. Additionally, answer the following questions related to Chs. 8 & 9 using the informa...
St. John Fisher >> PSYCH >> 101 (Spring, 2007)
Homework # 13 - PSYC 200 Dr. Rager Due Tues. 3/20/07 - Bring 2 typed copies to class! Name Ian Tierson_ In your own words and as briefly as possible, answer the following questions about the Santos et al. (1994) article: 1. For each of the two st...
St. John Fisher >> PSYCH >> 281 (Spring, 2007)
PSYC 281: Learning Discussion/HW Packet Dr. Phelan SP07 Questions from this packet will be used for in class discussion. Many of the questions will be assigned for HW and collected. This packet will also be used for creating short answer questions ...
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St. John Fisher >> PSYCH >> 281 (Spring, 2007)
Ian Tierson HW 1 1) \"Learning is an enduring change in the mechanisms of behavior involving specific stimuli and/or responses that results from prior experience with those or similar stimuli and responses\" (Domjan, 2006: 14). It is important to disti...
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St. John Fisher >> PSYCH >> 281 (Spring, 2007)
Ian Tierson Pavlovian conditioning: Read Chapter 3 10) My cats always run to the kitchen when they hear their food being poured into their bowls. The other night, while preparing dinner, I noticed that my cats ran to the kitchen when I poured rice i...
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St. John Fisher >> PSYCH >> 281 (Spring, 2007)
Ian Tierson 16) Classical conditioning may play an important role in interpersonal attraction. Using what you know about Pavlovain conditioning, explain how. If the unconditioned stimulus, passion or excitement, is coupled with the conditioned stimu...
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St. John Fisher >> PSYCH >> 281 (Spring, 2007)
Instrumental/Operant conditioning: Read Chapter 5 34) What is the difference between elicited and emitted behaviors? Elicited behaviors are extracted. Emitted behaviors are given off. 35) What is the difference between discrete trial procedures an...
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St. John Fisher >> PSYCH >> 281 (Spring, 2007)
Ian Tierson 4/9/2008 Dr. Phelan Assignment 8 Method 1: \"shoot the dog\" Destroy all sweets in your house, and cease to buy any more. Method 2: Punishment Feel guilty every time you indulge in sweets. Method 3: Negative Reinforcement Have someone repri...
St. John Fisher >> PSYCH >> 281 (Spring, 2007)
Ian Tierson 4/9/2008 Dr. Phelan The behavior I wish to modify is my tendency to do unnecessary things in a compulsive manner. For example, when I go to the cafeteria, I always grab a fork a knife and a spoon. This happens even if I already have all ...
St. John Fisher >> PSYCH >> 281 (Spring, 2007)
Ian Tierson 4/9/2008 Dr. Phelan Steps 2 & 3 Step 2: I eat between ten and fifteen meals in a week. At every one of these meals, I take all three pieces of available silverware. I always use my fork, but about one out of every sixteen meals requires a...
St. John Fisher >> SOCI >> 101 (Spring, 2007)
Ian Tierson 4/9/2008 Sociology 101 Dr. Linsley Deviance Through the development of society, and the absorption of other cultures into our own, we have manipulated the acceptable behaviors of our society. An example of one such behavior is the act of...
St. John Fisher >> SOCI >> 101 (Spring, 2007)
Ian Tierson Professor Linsley 4/9/2008 Sociology 101 Over the past 70 years, a great deal of change has occurred in American society. These changes are reflected in the news media, such as TIME magazine. If one looks at a TIME magazine from 1936 an...
St. John Fisher >> ENGL >> 101 (Fall, 2006)
Ian Tierson Writer Memo Argument essay By now, I have begun to notice a pattern in my writing process. It comes straight from the heart and strikes at ethos and pathos, which are ethics and emotions. For this particular assignment, I found no necess...
St. John Fisher >> ENGL >> 101 (Fall, 2006)
Tierson 1 The organizations in which I am a member not only help to shape and define who I am, but I also help to shape and define the organizations as well. This symbiotic relationship is best demonstrated through my membership in the Boy Scouts o...
St. John Fisher >> ENGL >> 101 (Fall, 2006)
Ian Tierson Professor Mahar 4/9/2008 Poverty Essay As I sit here and slowly close my eyes, I take another deep breath and feel this pain pass through my body. My eyes open and I return to reality. The sicklyclean stench returns to my nostrils. Stea...
St. John Fisher >> ENGL >> 101 (Fall, 2006)
Ian Tierson 4/9/2008 Professor Mahar Writer\'s Memo 2 Unfortunately, I am writing this essay at the last minute and at great expense to myself. This essay was easy, and my choice was obvious. I simply wanted to complete this assignment and perhaps ge...
St. John Fisher >> PSYCH >> 281 (Spring, 2007)
1) A common difficulty faced by many parents is teaching children to go to bed at night without fussing or throwing a tantrum. a) What do parents do that may inadvertently produce the behavior that they find so troublesome? Are there discriminative s...
Augustana SD >> RELI >> 110 (Spring, 2008)
Block 1 Brittney Block Bablock07@ole.augie.edu Charles Swindoll is an Evangelical Christian who is striving to inform America of his new revolution, The Grace Awakening. His book focuses on how grace is something that Christians need to understand t...
UIllinois >> ANTH >> 103 (Fall, 2007)
Yanomami the fierce controversy and what we can learn from it Robert Borofsky Hawaii Pacific University with Bruce Albert, Raymond Hames, Kim Hill, Lda Leito Martins, John Peters, and Terence Turner university of california press berkeley los angele...
UIllinois >> PSYCH >> 100 (Fall, 2007)
Along the side of a computer-parts website was an ad for \"All Phones FREE.\" Below the initial banner were eight different high-end phones that one could receive for free. Each of the phones was set in front of a brightly colored and overall pleasing ...
Oklahoma State >> LSB >> 3213 (Spring, 2008)
LSB 3213 T. Urich th 10 Edition Chapter 13 Capacity & Legality Concentrate on Legality - pages 264 to the end I. Capacity A. Minors Age 18 If you sign a contract when you\'re 17, you can\'t void when you turn 18. B. Intoxication Usually doesn\'t work...
UIllinois >> PSYCH >> 100 (Fall, 2007)
When I was much younger, my family and I lived in Lansing, Kansas. At a point over the summer, my sister and I were talking about the layout of our backyard when we lived in Lansing. We were each telling each other where in the backyard we thought we...
Oklahoma State >> LSB >> 3213 (Spring, 2008)
Consideration Burden Benefit Pre-Existing Duty= not considered Statute Contract Exception- unforeseen difficulties If you have a contract with a pool guy, and he says the ground is harder than he thought, it\'s not acceptable. If he digs & finds a met...
UT Chattanooga >> PYSH >> 101 (Spring, 2008)
Psychology Exam 2 Essay Questions Classical conditioning is when an environmental stimulus initiates a response. Conditioned responses are acquired behaviors that we have when a given event takes place. A conditioned stimulus is the factor that cause...
Oklahoma State >> LSB >> 3213 (Spring, 2008)
LSB 3213 T. Urich th 10 Edition Chapter 15 - Statute of Frauds Introduction: This section examines the five types of contracts that must be in writing to be enforceable, what constitutes a writing, and the Parol Evidence Rule. The Parol Evidence Ru...
SUNY Albany >> HIST >> 327 (Spring, 2008)
John AARON et al., Plaintiffs, v. William G. COOPER et al., Members of the Board of Directors of the Little Rock, Arkansas Independent School District, and Virgil T. Blossom, Superintendent of Schools, Defendants No. 3113 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT...
UMass (Amherst) >> GEO SCI >> 103 (Spring, 2007)
Patrick Sullivan Reading Assignment #13 1. Anglo America would be considered as advanced in health and diet because it has over 2 physicians per 1000 people and it spends over 10 percent of its GDP on healthcare. Also their diet would be considered a...
Oklahoma State >> LSB >> 3213 (Spring, 2008)
Judicial Review- US Supreme Court can review all laws to make sure that laws aren\'t violating the Constitution. Most countries do not do this. US Supreme Court- 9 Judges. Have to have a winning side. About 7,000 cases apply to the US Supreme Court. T...
UMass (Amherst) >> ENGLISH >> 112 (Spring, 2006)
Patrick Sullivan Dan Chelotti English 112 5/12/07 Critical Review Caution: Kids At Play With The Fate Of The World Throughout Dr. Strangelove, while in the war room, Bucky Turgidson is constantly crying out to the rest of the senior military leaders ...
Oklahoma State >> FIN >> 3113 (Spring, 2008)
Selected Financial Ratios Liquidity Current ratio Current assets Current liabilities Current assets Inventories Current liabilities Holding Period Return Kt Pt Pt Pt 1 1 Ct Quick (Acid test) ratio Profitability Sales Cost of sales Sales The textb...
UMass (Amherst) >> ENGLISH >> 112 (Spring, 2006)
Patrick Sullivan Dan Chelotti English 112 5/3/07 Critical Review Dr. Strangelove is filled with satire of our army, our commanders and our foreign policy, but there is one part that is blatantly pointing out how our leaders and decision makers are n...
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