This is a class lecture from Experimental Psychology covering research methods, including experiments and causation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA0FoxYiDbw (Links to an external site.)
This You Tube video also reviews cause and effect. Watch this and read the pdf.
As you may recall from Experimental Psychology (watch the Module 3 Videos for a refresher), in order to show that one thing causes another (a “true experiment”), you have to actively manipulate the independent variable (the cause), neutralize confounding variables (other things that might have the same affect as the IV), and then see the effect on the dependent variable.
For this Module 3 DQ, bring us a true experiment that showed cause and effect. You can use any resource you want – the Touro online library might help, or you may already know of a good experiment. You should provide a copy with your answer (e.g. attach a PDF or link to a website). In any case, describe the research in enough detail to explain how they demonstrated cause and effect.
Make up a true experiment that shows cause and effect. It doesn’t need to be fancy/complex, what I’m looking for is that you can design an experiment that reasonably shows that one thing causes another. Be sure to identify and explain your independent variable (IV), dependent variable (DV), a potential confounding variable (CV), and give your research and null hypotheses.
