Perspectives
What is the perspective of the way you think?
biological
Increasing the scientific knowledge
type of data display of relationships
scatter plot
manipulating
independent variable
Visual representation
Histogram
What is when you want to full fill your potential?
Humanistic
research to find solutions to specific problems
applied research
which one is best, 0.5 or -0.3
0.5
outcome
dependent variable
Frequency distribution table
Orrderly arrangment of scores
What is observing learned behavior?
Behavioral
observations and techniques, provides enormous amounts of info
case study
strength of relationship
correlation coefficient
a definition of the variable in terms of how it is to be measured
operational definitions
Adding all the numbers together and then dividing by how many numbers there are
Mean
What is your thought process?
Cognitive
relies on individuals own report
survey method/self report data
no correlation/no relationship
illusory correlation
Variables that you don't predict can impact your results
Confounding variable(lurking)
The middle number based on value
Median
What is your past?
Psychodynamic
when people know they are being watched, they are less likely to behave naturally
cannot rule out the possibility that a third variable causes both variable to increase or decrease
third variable problem
Nothing changes
Control group, comparison group
Numbers in order lowest to highest, then the number repeated the most
Mode