Descriptive Research In Psychology

Question 1

Falsifiable

Answer 1

• Create a hypothesis that can be proven wrong using scientific study.
• Easy way to create it: If… then…

Question 2

Observer Effect

Answer 2

When people know they are being watched, they are less likely to behave naturally.

Question 3

Observer Bias

Answer 3

People who act as observers are closely involved in the research project and may unconsciously skew their observations to fit their research goals and expectations.

Question 4

Single-Blind Studies

Answer 4

A research design in which the participants don’t know which treatment group- experimental or control- they are in
- This is done in order to ensure that participants don’t bias the results by acting in ways they think” they should act (observer effect).

Question 5

Double-Blind Studies

Answer 5

A research design in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know who is in the experimental group and who is in the control group.
- Eliminate: Researcher Bias, error resulting from the experiment’s unconscious expectations of results.