Science of Behavior
The excuse Anna Stubblefield used in court for sexual assault.
What is consent via Facilitated Communication (FC)?
Places in which psychological research could be conducted
What are clinics, classrooms, businesses, factories, homes, etc. Anywhere people behave.
The four goals of science
Critical first step in conducting observation
creating observational definition - statement clearly explaining what is being measured and how to measure it
Main principles that protect participants from unethical practices
pre-participation informed consent, post-participation debriefing, minimization of harm
The country that developed FC
What is Australia?
A systematic, organized approach to understanding the physical world through direct observation and measurement
The goal of psychology in which psychologists work to anticipate the occurrence of the behavior and magnitude of behavior that might be observed
Prediction
The problem with operational definitions
No specified expected outcome or behaviors
Is the researcher required to reveal all details of the project?
The people who debunked FC reliability in the 90s
Who are Howard C. Shane and Kevin Kearns?
Committee composed of scientists and others that oversees human research at institutions to protect participants' rights
Institutional Review Board
Description (give a basic description)
Psychologists aim to provide a clear understanding of when and where the observed behavior occurs
This action creates a risk of reactivity
Observing someone
IRB stands for this
Institutional Review Board
Graph showing relationship between two variables
Scatter plot
Control
The ability of researchers to control the environment and minimize outside influences on the behavior of interest
Experimental control
We can learn this from spurious correlations
Correlation does not equal causation
The result of Shane and Kearn's study
Most cases of FC are strongly influenced by the facilitator
The eight steps of the scientific method
observe the world, ask a question, look for information, develop hypothesis, conduct empirical test of hypothesis, objectively evaluate results, compare results with known info, decide on future action
FREE SPACE! Give the definition of psychology
scientific study of behavior of individual organisms as influences by environmental, physiological, mental, social, and cultural events
This type of correlation tells us that as one of the variables increases, the other tends to decrease
negative correlation
These studies are useful for studying behavioral differences in small groups