CH 1 & 2 - Principles, hypotheses and article reading/finding Flashcards

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Intuition

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Non-scientific
Judgements, anecdotes
Can be useful for developing questions and solving quickly and for unimportant
Biased

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Availability heuristic

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what is most easily brought to memory is seen as more common

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Illusory correlation

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we focus on when events correlate and not when they don’t and end up thinking that everytime we do something, other thing happens

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Confirmation bias

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We seek out info that confirms our hypothesis

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Experience

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Conclusions based on own experience or testimonials
no control group, confounds, probability (research is probabilistic)

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Experience in studies

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Case studies
Qualitative research

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Authority

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Source from powerful people
People may accept ideas without critical thought

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Rationalism

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Using knowledge and reason. But people are often faulty with logic, errors

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Empiricism

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Gaining knowledge through systematic observations
Characteristic of the scientific method

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Theory - data cycle

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Theory, hypothesis, data

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Theory

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Framework that organizes and explains various findings related to a phenomenon, that generates testable hypothesis

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Hypothesis

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Broad outcome the researcher expects to observe in a study if the theory is correct

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Deduction

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Theory –> hypothesis –> prediction

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Hypothesis vs. prediction

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Prediction is specific to the experiment itself (the results will show X)
Hypothesis is more broad, and related to the theory as a whole (what can be concluded from the results is Y)

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Induction

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Observation –> hypothesis –> theory

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16
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What makes a good scientific theory?

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Data support
Are falsifiable
Have parsimony (be the simplest explanation aka Occam’s razor)

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17
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Theories don’t…

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Prove anything
Even when there is data
Data is evidence that SUPPORTS a theory
Science is composed of paradigm shifts

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Goals of psychological reseach

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Describe behavior (what)
Predict behavior (when)
Determine cause of behavior (why)
Explain behavior (how)

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Basic research

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Answer fundamental questions about behavior

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Applied research

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Adresses practical problems and proposes solutions

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Process of conducting research - IN DETAIL

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Theory - Consult past research - state hypothesis - design study - get ethic approval - collect data - analyze data - replicate or extend - write manuscript - submit to journal

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What is a variable

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An attribute that varies, having at least two levels or values

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Measured variable

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Variable whose levels are observed and recorded (DV)

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Manipulated variable

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Variable the researcher controls (IV)

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Conceptual variables
Variable of interest stated in an abstract level Construct - when it is a part of a psychological theory
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Conceptual definition
A researcher's definition of a variable at the theoretical level
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Operational variable
Specific way in which a concept of interest is measure or manipulated as a variable in a study. Operational definition
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Operationalize
To turn a conceptual definition of a variable into a specific measured/manipulated variable in order to conduct a reseach
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Empirical journal article
Article that reports for the FIRST time the results of a study
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Review journal article
An article summarizing all the studies that have been published in one research area
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Meta-analysis
A way of mathematically averaging the effect sizes of all the studies that have tested the same variables to see what conclusion the whole body of evidence supports
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Major sections of an empirical research article
Abstract, Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, References
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Major sections of an empirical research article
Abstract, Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, References
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Introduction of research article
Section in which the researcher outlines the problem that has been investigated
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Method
Section in which information is provided in how the study was conducted, with details for the reader to replicate the study
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Results
Researcher presents the finding (without interpreting it)
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Discussion
Researcher considers the results from various perspectives (why you found what you found)
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The Thesaurus tool in PsychINFO can help you...
Find broader themes or narrower themes related to the term you are looking for Shows history of term
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If you don't know the title of the research article, where should you look for it?
Use a database
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What databases are there?
PsychINFO, Google scholar, Web of science
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Web of science
Powerful filters, sorting and citation searching functions
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Google scholar
Flexible, broad, natural search of term results