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AP Psych Agenda 9.17.10

Collect/go over homework – did you take a psychological test Collect/go over homework – did you take a psychological test? Could you figure everything out in regards to the Milgram experiment? What was the research method? What is (are) the independent variable(s)? What is (are) the dependent variable(s)? What are the extraneous variables (if any?) Is there an experimental and control group in the experiment? What was one disadvantage of using this research method for this study?

Homework – 52 – 56 and take notes , page 24-25 in the psych study guide. AND, naturalistic observation is due next Friday. True or false, psychology is mostly common sense

Jot down the meaning of each… Birds of a feather flock together Opposites attract Absence makes the heart grow fonder Out of sight, out of mind You can’t judge a book by its cover Clothes make the man Beauty is only skin deep

Now… Design a study that would “test” one of those clichés for accuracy. You may use any research design you want, but you must – at the end of the study – be able to statistically validate whether the cliché is, in fact, true. Study must include a hypothesis, dependent and independent variables, a scientifically thorough study and a way to measure (and then report) the results.

If time remains, we will evaluate the results of a “study” conducted in Baltimore…