Chatpter 1 and 2.. 4 kinds of data

Question 0

casual force- self verification

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when you strive to have others view you in the way you view yourslef

Question 1

casual force- Efficiacy Expectations

Answer 1

when what you do depends on what you believe you are capable of doing.

Question 2

the psychological triad

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thoughts, emotions and behaviors

Question 3

Scientific Education

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what is known and also to find out what is not known yet

Question 4

Technical Training

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what is already known and how it can be applied to further studies.

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extraneous

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crazy, unreal

Question 6

what makes quality of data?

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reliable, validity, generalizable

Question 7

reliability

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constant results, if it is dependable

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validity

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if your answers match up to what you thought. Are the answers good enough?

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three main methods for research designs

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case, experimental and correlational

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significant testing

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unlikely that the results of an experiment or hypothesis happened by chance

Question 11

what are the four structures of the limbic system?

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Thalamus- relay station for senses
hypothalamus-regul. autonomic ns, sleep, sexual drive etc
hippocampus
amygala -fear,

Question 12

interrater reliability

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independent raters observers of same behaviors have consistant ratings:
ex: people who watch a park, are they all going to have the same opinion, visions, perception of the childrens behaviors?

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aggregation

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Average

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validity

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data are accurate

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convergent validity

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two assessments agree with each other.

When an experimenter compares their data to past research testing

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criterion validity

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“does it fit the criteria?” does one thing lead to the other.
Does what your doing related to your experiment
ex: people who have higher scores are not as social as those who do not study as much.

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temperal reliability/ retest reliability

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when test are taken a second time, they become more reliable

Question 18

does reliable mean its valid?

does a result that’s valid mean its reliable?

Answer 18

no

yes

Question 19

null hypothesis

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is when the variables have no relationship.

so if a null hypothesis was correct, then it means that the two variables that were being tested have no relationship

Question 20

Construct

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Something that can not be seen or touched but explains why many things are visible .
Ex gravity can not be touched or seems but we knoe it’s there from its effects on the world

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Cohere effect

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When a particular group of a time is different from thoes past that time or the future of that time

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Case methdod

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Studying someone closely or am even to get as much info as possible

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correlation coefficient

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a # btw 1 & -1. negative correlation means that as x goes up y goes down. in a positive means that as x goes up so does y.

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type I error

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the mistake of thinking that one variable has an effect on or relationship to the other when really it doesn’t

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type error II

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when we make the mistake of saying that one variable doesn’t have an effect or relationship with the other when really it does.

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P level

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in data, when the probability the obtained correlation or difference between experimental conditions would be expected by chance

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objective test

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a set of questions that the subject will anser about her personality.. yes or no

Question 28

bionomical effect size display

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a method showing the magnitude of an effect reported as correlation

Question 29

cohort effect

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research to be limited to one group of a particular era or a location