1. PSYCHOLOGY AND SCIENCE Chapter 2

2. ADHD Symptoms of Inattention  Making careless mistakes  Not following instructions  Easily distracted Symptoms of Hyperactivity  Fidgeting  Leaving seat  Running about  Talking excessively Controversies 1.Diagnoses 2.Treatment (Ritalin) 3.Long-term effects

3. RESEARCH METHODS  Survey – way to obtain information by asking a fixed set of questions  What to ask? Who to ask?  Case Study – in-depth analysis of thoughts, feelings, beliefs, experiences, behaviors or problems of singe individuals  Testimonial; Self-fulfilling Prophecy  Experiment – method for identifying cause and effect under set of rules and guidelines to reduce error, bias, or chance  Placebo Effect

4. CORRELATION  Association of occurrence between two or more events  Coefficient – range between negative one and positive one - zero is no relationship  Causation  Clues  Predictions

5. TECHNIQUE AND SETTING Techniques  Questionnaire/Interview  Standardized Tests  Lab Experiments  Animal Models Setting  Naturalistic  Normal environment  Observation  Laboratory  Systematic  Controlled conditions

6. SCIENTIFIC METHOD  Ask – hypothesize  Identify – variables  Choose – random selection  Assign – placebo  Manipulate – double-blind  Measure – statistical data  Analyze – correlation

7. ETHICS  Code of ethics  Debriefing  Institutional Review Board  Ethics Review Test (online)  Deception  Self-fulfilling prophecy  Double-blind procedure