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What is an independent variable (IV)?

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The variable that the researcher changes

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State all the ethics

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  • consent
  • debrief
  • deception
  • right to withdraw
  • right to privacy
  • confidentiality
  • do not harm participants
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What is the dependant variable (DV)?

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The variable that the researcher measures

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What does operationalise mean?

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It is when you state how you will measure the IV and DV

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What is an alternate hypothesis?

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Opposite to a null hypothesis, states an outcome

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What is a null hypothesis?

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An hypothesis where there is no direction

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What is a one-tailed hypothesis?

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A hypothesis that states a direction positive or negative

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What is a two-tailed hypothesis?

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An hypothesis that could go either way

Eg. There will be a relationship between 1 and 2

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What is the independent measures design?

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Different participants are used in each conditions

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What is the repeated measures design?

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The same participants are used in every condition

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What is matched pairs design?

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The participants are matched on certain things

Eg. Over 50’s in condition 1

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What are order effects?

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The order in which conditions take place may effect the validity

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What is counterbalancing?

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When the sample is split in 2 and do the conditions in different orders

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What is a laboratory experiment?

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An experiment that takes place in controlled conditions in a lab

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What is a field experiment?

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An experiment done in a public place

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What is a quasi experiment?

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An experiment where the IV is naturally manipulated

Eg. 2 conditions of people with a disability and without

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What are demand characteristics?

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A change in the participants behaviour that makes them act how they believe the researcher wants them to act

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What is a correlation?

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The relationship between two variables

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What is a positive correlation?

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As one variable increases so does the other one

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What is a negative correlation?

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When one variable increases the other decreases

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What is an observation?

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When the researcher watches the participants

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What is a covert observation?

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When the researcher watches the participants without them knowing

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What is an overt observation?

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Participants know they’re being watched by the researchers

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What is inter-rater reliability?

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All researchers use the same rating scale in order to compare them

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What is a pilot study?

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A study that is done to test if the actual study would work and to address any issues

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What is time sampling?

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An observation done over a certain decided period of time

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What is event sampling?

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When the researcher observes a certain behaviour which is noted every time it occurs

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What is a self-report?

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Surveys, questionnaires, interviews etc

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What are open questions?

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Questions that require more detailed answers

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What are rating scales?

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Using numbers to gage interest

Eg. on a scale of 1-10

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What are closed questions?

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Questions that require yes or no answers

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What is researcher bias?

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The researcher influences the results/ answers made by the participants

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What is meant by target population?

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The desired population for the experiment

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What is opportunity sampling?

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Taking people who are around at that time and having them take part in your experiment

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What is meant by random sample?

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Picking people at random out of a hat

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What is a self-selected sample?

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When the participants are volunteers

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What is a snowball sample?

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The participants that have been used are used to help gain the other participants

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What are confounding variables?

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Variables that can’t be controlled but could effect the results

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What are extraneous variable?

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Variables that can’t be controlled but could effect the results

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What is ecological validity?

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A natural environment increases how natural it is.

A lab experiment decreases how natural it is.

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What is internal validity?

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To see if the IV really has an effect on the DV

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What is external validity?

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Refers to whether the findings of a study really can be generalised

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What is mundane realism?

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The extent to which an activity is similar to activities in day to day life

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What is reliability?

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How consistent the measure is

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What is quantitative research?

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Explaining a phenomena by collecting numerical data calculated with maths

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What are descriptive statistics/ central measures of tendency?

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Mean, mode, median

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What is generalisability?

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Tells us if the research shows a likeliness to the wider population

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What is meant by the term representative?

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Whether the study shows a likeliness to the wider population

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What is social desirability?

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Acting/ answering questions in a way to make yourself seem acceptable

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What is construct validity?

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Whether the underlying theory that informs your research is correct
Eg. Freud’s theory

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What is content validity?

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When you measure the content you wish to measure.

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What is face validity?

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Whether it look like it’s doing what it’s supposed to do

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What is test validity?

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Whether it is testing what it aims to test

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What is an average?

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A number expressing a control or typical value of a set of scores

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What is nominal data?

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Categories (big/small)

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What is ordinal data?

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Rank (1st, 2nd, 3rd)

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What is interval data?

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Cm’s, •C

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What is ratio?

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Cm, absolute zero

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