Hospital Ch. 1 and 2. Questions

Specialize in areas of pure or applied research, such as; Human development, psychometrics (testing) Health, educatin, sensation and perception

Do psychotherapy and sometimes research; may work in any of these settings: Privat practice, mental-health clinics, General hospitals, mental hospitals, research laboratories, colleges and universities

Do research or serve as consultants to institutions on: Sports, consumer issues, Advertising, organization problems, environmental issues, public policy, opinion polls, military training, animal behavior and legal issues

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Ask questions, be willing to wonder Define your terms Examine the Evidence Analyze assumptions and biases Avoid Emotional Reasoning Dont Oversimplifiy Consider other interpretatins Tolerate Uncertainty

Be precise about what it is that you are studying. Start with a hypothesis.

Theories are not supposed to explain things that could concievably happen that go against what the theory states, but rather allow room for other possiblities if some pop up

It's oversimplifies. it generalizes from a personal experience or a few examples to everyone. Ex. One dishonest lawyer means they're all dishonest

The researcher would prefer to get a representatvie sample, or a group of participants that accurately represents the larger population that the resarcher is interested. A small but representative sample may yield extremely accurate results compared to a study that fails to use proper sampling methods

They can be used when other practical or ethical considerations prevent them from gathering information in other ways. Can illustrate psychological prinicples in a way that abstract generalizations and cold statistics never can, and they produce a more detailed picture of an individual than other methods do. However, information is often missing or is hard to interpret. Observer may have biases. And observed may lack memories

They have more control, can use sophisticated equipment, determine how many people will be observed at once, maintain a clear line of vision, and so forth.

Whether it is standardized, that is whether uniform procedures exist for giving and scoring the test

They usually have not been evaluated for validity or reliability. Are usually lists of questions that people thought sounded good

Psych: Ask people directly about their experiences, attidues or opinions. Talk radio: Resultss are not likely to generalize to the population as a whole because those who listen to talk radio are likely to hold diff. oppionos as those who listen to music

He oversimplified and argued by anecdote instead of examining evidence from controlled studies that included people who were not helped by humor and vitamins and was problly reasoning emotionally because of his own recovery.