PSY 285

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PSY 285

• Research Methods
• Welcome

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Welcome to PSY 285Research Methodsw/ Mike
Hoerger

1. Grab a syllabus
2. Skim it over so you can ask questions
3. Sign and complete the final page to be returned
   to me at the end of class

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Overview

• Syllabus - Last Page
• My Background Information
• Detailed Review of the Syllabus
• Research Methods Trivia
• Homework 1
• Due Wednesday, 9/3

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Syllabus - Last Page

• My Information
• Hoerger rhymes with burger, but call me Mike
• Midland, and MSU
• Clinical Work Psych evals, prison substance
  abuse group therapy, individual and couples
  therapy - mainly in Saginaw

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• Research Areas Emotion, personality, assessment,
  depression, schizotypy
• Other Applied Activities GSU, web design
• Interests Sports, politics, comedy
• Concerns Exam 1 apathy, avoiding reading the
  book, lack of accountability
• Questions?

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Why do I have to take this?

• Research and statistics provide the basis for
  drawing conclusions about human behavior
• You may be interested in
• Conducting research
• Consuming research
• Applying research to daily life

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Conduct Research

• Curiosity
• Add to knowledge base
• I want to help people
• Instrumental goals, like getting a job or going
  to grad school
• Fame and money

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What if conducting research sounds boring or
unfulfilling?
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Consume Research

• Valuable to society
• Needed for most jobs
• Help friends, family, and co-workers
• Curious

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What if Im the hedonistic, narcissistic,
individualistic type?
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Daily Life

• Sports
• Persuasion
• Personality assessment
• Improved interpersonal functioning
• Its fun to be the only person in the world to
  know something

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Syllabus

• Order the book online ?
• Course details
• Questions?

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Sex Offenders
Drug Offenders
Violent Offenders
1 of 15 Prison

• Which of the following groups is least likely to
  reoffend?

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Music
Psych
Medicine
2 of 15 Ethics

• Which of the following professional fields has
  not banned its members from facilitating torture?

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Crisis Hotlines
Lack of Treatment
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
3 of 15 Business

• Which of the following is related to negative
  outcomes after a traumatic event?

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Death in the family
Abortion
Childhood sexual abuse
4 of 15 Emotion

• Which of the following has been shown, on
  average, to have a negative long-term emotional
  impact?

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MRI scan
Neuro-psych testing
Rorschach inkblots
5 of 15 Diagnosis

• Which of the following methods is most accurate
  in detecting dementia?

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Antisocial
Selfish
Critical
6 of 15 Personality Assessment

• Someone who is prone to experiencing a high
  degree of somatic complaints is unlikely to be

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57
87
7 of 15 Children

• SSRIs are often prescribed to children to treat
  depression. What percentage of the improvement in
  symptoms can be attributed to inert placebo?

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r .13 Small
r .37 Modest
r .59 Large
8 of 15 I/O Psychology

• How well can psych evals predict later job
  success?

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r .03 weak
r .16 small
r .31 modest
9 of 15 Health Psychology

• What is the correlation between denial/
  repression and development of breast cancer in
  women?

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r .10 small
r .30 modest
r .50 large
10 of 15 Intelligence

• What is the approximate correlation between
  intelligence test scores (IQ) and job success?

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25 more
equally
25 less
11 of 15 Cross-Cultural

• Compared to developed countries, people with
  schizophrenia in developing nations are ________
  likely to have a complete recovery.

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USA
Denmark
Mexico
12 of 15 Happiness

• Which country is the happiest?

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46
84
137
13 of 15 Developmental

• How many times per year does the average 18-29
  year old have sex?

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14 of 15 Statistics

• To whom do we attribute the exciting statistical
  discovery of the t-test?

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Bipolar Disorder
Inattention
Insomnia
15 of 15 Symptoms

• Which of the following symptoms are people able
  to accurately report?

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Homework 1

• Go to course web site and click on the Course
  Calendar link
• In the right column, click on the HW1 link
• Due Wednesday 9/3
• More details in class next time, so skim the
  assignment and come with questions