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Unit 2:Unit 2:
Research Research MethodsMethods
Mr. McCormickMr. McCormickA.P. PsychologyA.P. Psychology
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Essential QuestionEssential Question
How do How do psychologistspsychologists conduct conduct scientific scientific
researchresearch, and how do they , and how do they applyapply their findings to their findings to better better understandingunderstanding human behaviorhuman behavior??
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Unit 2 (A):Unit 2 (A):The Need for The Need for Psychological Psychological
ScienceScienceMr. McCormickMr. McCormickA.P. PsychologyA.P. Psychology
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The Need for The Need for Scientific Research in Scientific Research in
PsychologyPsychology Hindsight Bias:Hindsight Bias:
The tendency to The tendency to believe, after learning believe, after learning an outcome, that one an outcome, that one would have foreseen itwould have foreseen it
The “I-knew-it-all-The “I-knew-it-all-along” phenomenonalong” phenomenon
E.g. “Monday Morning E.g. “Monday Morning Quarterbacking”Quarterbacking”
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The Need for The Need for Scientific Research in Scientific Research in
PsychologyPsychology Can you think of an Can you think of an exampleexample of of
Hindsight BiasHindsight Bias?? Personal lifePersonal life
SchoolSchool
News/MediaNews/Media
Entertainment/Pop cultureEntertainment/Pop culture
Psychological/Scientific researchPsychological/Scientific research
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The Need forThe Need forScientific Research in Scientific Research in
PsychologyPsychology How much How much timetime do you think it will do you think it will
take you to take you to unscrambleunscramble these these anagramsanagrams??
People People saidsaid it would take it would take
10 seconds10 seconds, but on , but on averageaverage
it took about it took about 3 minutes3 minutes
Anagram
WREAT WATER
ETYRN ENTRY
GRABE BARGE
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The Need forThe Need forScientific Research in Scientific Research in
PsychologyPsychology Overconfidence:Overconfidence:
The tendency to The tendency to believe that one believe that one knows more than knows more than he/she actually he/she actually doesdoes
Leads to error and Leads to error and misjudgmentmisjudgment
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The Scientific AttitudeThe Scientific Attitude
Scientific Attitude:Scientific Attitude: Curiosity Curiosity (Passion for exploration)(Passion for exploration) Skepticism Skepticism (Doubting and questioning)(Doubting and questioning) Humility (Ability to accept Humility (Ability to accept
responsibility when wrong)responsibility when wrong)
Psychological researchers must also Psychological researchers must also think think criticallycritically
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The Scientific MethodThe Scientific Method
The Scientific Method:The Scientific Method: QuestionQuestion
HypothesisHypothesis
ExperimentExperiment
ResultsResults
ConclusionsConclusions
TheoryTheory
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The Scientific MethodThe Scientific Method
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The Scientific MethodThe Scientific Method
Operational Definition:Operational Definition: A statement of the procedures (operations) A statement of the procedures (operations)
used to define research variablesused to define research variables E.g. Intelligence may be defined by one’s IQE.g. Intelligence may be defined by one’s IQ
Replication:Replication: Ability to repeat a research study, with Ability to repeat a research study, with
different participants in different situationsdifferent participants in different situations Determine whether basic findings extend Determine whether basic findings extend
beyond a single research studybeyond a single research study
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ReviewReview
Why is it Why is it importanimportant for psychologists t for psychologists to conduct to conduct scientific researchscientific research??
What is What is hindsight biashindsight bias? Provide an ? Provide an exampleexample..
What are theWhat are the 3 3 main components of main components of the the scientific attitudescientific attitude? ?
What are the What are the 66 steps of the steps of the scientific scientific methodmethod??
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HomeworkHomework
Unit 1 Key People:Unit 1 Key People:
Research Study Response #40: Research Study Response #40: “Obey At Any Cost?” (Pgs. 308-317)“Obey At Any Cost?” (Pgs. 308-317)