Assignment: Concepts Used In Psychology
Assignment: Concepts Used In Psychology
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The purpose of this assignment is to review your knowledge of the major areas in this course thus far based on the course competencies. Use your text and lecture readings to support your work. For this assignment no outside sources will be accepted as cited references (e.g. Wiki, web pages, other textbooks, newspapers, magazines and journal articles).
For this essay you will need to incorporate the following:
Apply the appropriate terms and concepts used in psychology.
Utilize APA format and style.
Write a 4-5 page essay that covers the following:
Define psychology and explain what makes it a science.
Briefly explain the history of psychology and its impact on modern psychology.
Describe scientific research in psychology.
Independent and dependent variables
Hypothesis formation
Theory
Submit your essay in a 4-5 page Microsoft Word document to the W3: Assignment 2 Dropbox by Tuesday, September 3, 2013. Cite your sources on a separate page using the APA format.
Name your document SU_PSY1001_W3_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Define psychology and explain what makes it a science.
Briefly explain the history of psychology and its impact on modern psychology.
Describe scientific research in psychology.
Independent and dependent variables
Hypothesis formation
Theory
150
Apply the appropriate terms and concepts used in psychology.
Utilize APA format and style.
50
Total:
Random assignment refers to the use of chance procedures in to ensure that each participant has the same opportunity to be assigned to any given group.
Study participants are randomly assigned to different groups, such as the experimental group, or treatment group. Random assignment might involve such tactics as flipping a coin, drawing names out of a hat, rolling dice, or assigning random numbers to participants.
It is important to note that random assignment differs from . While random selection refers to how participants are randomly chosen to represent the larger population, random assignment refers to how those chosen participants are then assigned to experimental groups.
How Does Random Assignment Work in a Psychology Experiment?
To determine if changes in one variable lead to changes in another variable, psychologists must perform an experiment. Researchers often begin by forming a testable predicting that one variable of interest will have some impact on another variable.
The variable that the experimenters will manipulate in the experiment is known as the while the variable that they will then measure is known as the . While there are different ways to look at relationships between variables, and experiment is the best way to get a clear idea if there is a cause-and-effect relationship between two or more variables.
