2-4-08 Lecture Notes

PSY 3001W Lecture Notes (2-4-2009) Withholding info and Deception Someimes, fully informed subjects may alter their behavior (Kassin and Kiechel ? 1996) Deception Used only when there are no other viable alternatives Cannot be used if physical pain of emotional distress is likely If used, subject must be informed ASAP Problems with excessive use of deception Loses effectiveness as subjects begin to expect it Undermines public trust Debriefing Researcher reveals full nature of experiment Researcher assures that subject has not experienced distress Researcher gets info about subjects perspective on participation Institutional Review Board (IRB) Ethical Fabricating Data Plagiarism Authorship Duplicate Data Sharing Data Ethical Obligations of reviewers Variables Situational variables Response Variables Participant or subject variables Mediating (intervening) variables Operational Definition -definition of a variable in terms of the operations or techniques that a researcher uses to measure or manipulate it Anxiety = Self-report (questionnaire) Number of foot taps Amount of sweat Intelligence= Score on a paper and pencil test Length of time balancing ball on nose Popularity of a course= Ratings on course evals Study of the quality of SOCIAL INTERACTIONS= Any time you speak to another person Hostility toward the boss= Measurement via questionnaire Amt of office supplies stolen Amt of angry graffiti