Psychology 2

What are advantages of the experiment

• • Conclusions about causality: The only way to prove causality is through experiments, wherein the independent variable is changed and the dependent variable is observed to change as a result.

• Artificial environment: Since lab settings are frequently used for experiments, they may not adequately replicate real-world circumstances (low external validity).

• • Limitations imposed by ethics: Certain variables cannot be changed for moral reasons (you cannot, for example, subject someone to hazardous conditions in an experiment).

• • Control over variables: By limiting the impact of confounds, researchers can control unimportant variables.

Disadvantages of the experiment

• • Limitations imposed by ethics: Certain variables cannot be changed for moral reasons (you cannot, for example, subject someone to hazardous conditions in an experiment).

• Cost and duration: Compared to correlational studies, experiments may require more resources and take longer to finish.

• • Control over variables: By limiting the impact of confounds, researchers can control unimportant variables.

• • Artificial environment: Since lab settings are frequently used for experiments, they may not adequately replicate real-world circumstances (low external validity).

Psychology became a science about ___ years ago

This means psychology became a formal, experimental discipline focused on studying behavior and mental processes in the late ____ century.

• 19th

• 20th

• 21st

• 18th

The easiest way to get a representative sample is to use

True or False: Eclecticism means drawing from multiple perspectives simultaneously.

• True

• False

The only way to determine if one thing causes another is to ___

• Run multiple experiments

• Assume

• Hypothesize

• Run an experiment

1. About of psychologists are working in academic settings, about work in clinical settings.

• 30%, 50%

• 50%,50%

• 25%, 75%

• 50%, 30%

true or false: Psychiatrists cannot prescribe medications

• True

• False

Can pyschiatrists prescribe medications to help with things like anxiety

• Yes

• No