1: RM definitions

Question 1

Participants

Answer 1

People that take part in psychological research

Question 2

Sample

Answer 2

Group of participants used in any given research

Question 3

Generalisable

Answer 3

Applicable to the general public (diverse)

Question 4

Sampling method

Answer 4

How the participants are found

Question 5

Opportunity sampling

Answer 5

When we obtain participants who are easy to find at the time of the research

Question 6

Self selecting sampling

Answer 6

When participants volunteer to take part in response to an email/poster/letter you have posted. Some researchers even pay their participants.

Question 7

Laboratory experiments

Answer 7

Experiments that take place in a controlled (laboratory) setting.

Question 8

Controls

Answer 8

Features that are kept the same for all participants

Question 9

Independent variable

Answer 9

The aspect we manipulate or change between conditions/groups

Question 10

Dependent variable

Answer 10

The factor being measured as a result of the IV

Question 11

Quantitative Data

Answer 11

Data represented by numbers (e.g score out of 100)

Question 12

Qualitative Data

Answer 12

Data represented by words (e.g quotes)

Question 13

Confederate

Answer 13

Someone who behaves as instructed by the researcher