Psych textbook how to guide research (2.0)

law

Already proven so mostly not changed

theory

Proven for most but not all circumstances

Characteristics of good theories

General, simplest account of outcomes, provides ideas for future theories, can be measured and proven

research hypothesis

predicts direct relationships that can be disproved

conceptual variables

semi-abstract ideas that could effect the test: weight, age, self-esteem, sexism

numbered variables

represent the conceptual variables with numbers and data

Moral dilemmas in psychology

Stressing out subjects, lying to subjects, harming animals or other things

Things to note before tests 1

moral ambiguity

Things to note before tests 2

subject participation

Things to note before tests 3

Privacy of subject personal information

Things to note before tests 4 (most argued on)

deception of patients