AP TEST scientific foundations: research Flashcards

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biopsychology

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organic cause, brain biochemistry

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evolutionary perspective

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darwin stuff

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psychodynamic

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unconscious mind

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beavioral

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what we can see and observe

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humanist

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free will

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cognitive

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how we think about ourselves and the world

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social-cultural

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behavior is dictated by your culture

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nature vs nurture

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how much of our thinking and behavior is due to biological influences and what role the environment plays

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stability vs change

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how much of who we are and how we behave will change over our lifetime

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continuity vs stages

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is development a continuos process or does it occur in distinct stages

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types of descriptive research

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naturalistic, survey, case studies

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naturalistic observation

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descriptive research method in involving the systematic study of animal or human natural settings

strengths: natural
weaknesses: cannot replicate, cannot generalize, observer bias

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case studies

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study of a single individual or just a few individuals to describe the situation

strengths: advantage of non replicable situations, in depth understanding
weaknesses: observer bias, cannot generalize or replicate

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survey

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quetionaries, interviews

strengths: generate information for low cost, overcomes false consensus effect, random sampling

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random sampling

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sampling in which each potential population ember has an equal chance of being surveyed

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correlation research

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research technique based on the naturally occurring relationship between two or more variables (do the two variables vary together?)

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ethics principles

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informed consent; confidentiality; protection against physical/physiological harm; participants must be told after; research proposals must be screened by board

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operation definition

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recipe so experiment can be repeated

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single blind

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only participants is unaware of group they are in

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double blind

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both participant and researcher is unaware of group they are in

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illusory correlation

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perceiving a relationship where one does not exist.