Assignment 1.2: Age, Gender, and the Brain: Research Method vs. Experimental Method
Robin Ignacio
Concorde Career College, North Hollywood campus
There are many methods used in the field of biopsychology but the ones that I want to focus on are survey and experimental methods. The survey is a descriptive research method in which researchers use interviews and/or questionnaires to gather information about the attitudes, beliefs, experiences, or behaviors of a group of people. The experimental method, also known as the experiment, is the only research method that can be used to identify the cause and effect relationship between two or more variables. I am going to do a research on gender differences on alcoholism. The participants …show more content…
Experimental methods used in the effects of alcohol on the brain by age of the participant. In 2004 and 2005, males aged 12 or older were more likely than females to report past month alcohol use. Among past month heavy alcohol users aged 12 or older, males and females had similar rates of past year alcohol dependence or abuse; for all other levels of current alcohol use, males were more likely to meet the criteria for past year alcohol dependence or abuse than …show more content…
• You look at how a variable you had no control over has affected something such as a group.
• You use a representative sample to gain information about a target population. A "representative sample" is a group, usually of people, that reflects a larger group, the target population, which is the survey creator, has chosen to study.
• A survey usually consists of some kind of questionnaire, whether oral questions or written questions asked of the representative sample. In an experiment, two groups are formed: the experimental group and the control group. • Defined as a test, trial or procedure used to discover something unknown.
• A variable is manipulated while another variable is measured.
• You use a narrowly defined group, such as a random sample, to eliminate certain variables that are not being tested.
• The experimental group is the one in which an independent variable is manipulated. The control group does not receive the independent variable. The dependent variable is measured and recorded for both the experimental and control
Robin Ignacio
Concorde Career College, North Hollywood campus
There are many methods used in the field of biopsychology but the ones that I want to focus on are survey and experimental methods. The survey is a descriptive research method in which researchers use interviews and/or questionnaires to gather information about the attitudes, beliefs, experiences, or behaviors of a group of people. The experimental method, also known as the experiment, is the only research method that can be used to identify the cause and effect relationship between two or more variables. I am going to do a research on gender differences on alcoholism. The participants …show more content…
Experimental methods used in the effects of alcohol on the brain by age of the participant. In 2004 and 2005, males aged 12 or older were more likely than females to report past month alcohol use. Among past month heavy alcohol users aged 12 or older, males and females had similar rates of past year alcohol dependence or abuse; for all other levels of current alcohol use, males were more likely to meet the criteria for past year alcohol dependence or abuse than …show more content…
• You look at how a variable you had no control over has affected something such as a group.
• You use a representative sample to gain information about a target population. A "representative sample" is a group, usually of people, that reflects a larger group, the target population, which is the survey creator, has chosen to study.
• A survey usually consists of some kind of questionnaire, whether oral questions or written questions asked of the representative sample. In an experiment, two groups are formed: the experimental group and the control group. • Defined as a test, trial or procedure used to discover something unknown.
• A variable is manipulated while another variable is measured.
• You use a narrowly defined group, such as a random sample, to eliminate certain variables that are not being tested.
• The experimental group is the one in which an independent variable is manipulated. The control group does not receive the independent variable. The dependent variable is measured and recorded for both the experimental and control