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What is a confounding variable?

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Any variable that varies systematically with the independent variable and may have an effect on the dependant variable

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What is a dependent variable?

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The variable measured by the experimenter

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What is an experiment?

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A research method where casual conclusions can be drawn because the independent variable has been directly manipulated to observe a causal effect on the dependent variable

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What is a hypothesis?

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A testable statement about the assumed relationship between two variables

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What is an independent variable?

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An event that is directly manipulated by the researcher in order to observe it’s effects on another variable

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What does it mean to operationalise a variable?

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Ensuring it is in a form where it can be easily tested

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What are standardized procedures?

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A set of prodedures that is the same for all participants in order to be able to repeat the study

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What is valid consent?

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Participants must be given full information about the study to make an informed decision about whether to participate

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What is external validity?

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How much the study can be generalised to wider society

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What are the different types of external validity?

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Population: Generalised to other groups of people
Ecological: Generalised to other settings

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What are extaneous variables?

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They do not vary systematically with the independent variable but still have an effect on the dependent variable

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What is internal validity?

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The degree to which the observed effect was due to manipulated variables rather than other factors

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What is mundane realism?

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How much a study mirrors the real world

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What is validity?

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If the observed effect is a genuine one

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Why is mundane realism important?

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So we can generalise the findings of the study to the real world

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What is an alternative hypothesis?

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Any hypothesis except the null hypothesis

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What is a confederate?

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Someone in the study that is not a real participant and has been told how to behave by the researcher

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What is a directional hypothesis?

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A hypothesis that states the direction of the potential difference between two variables

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What is a non-directional hypothesis?

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A hypothesis that predicts there will be a difference between two variables but does not state the diretion of this difference

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What is a null hypothesis?

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An assumption that there will be no relationship between two variables

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What is a pilot study?

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A small-scale trial run of the study to make improvements to the design

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When should a directional hypothesis be used?

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When previous research suggests the findings will go in a particular direction

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What is the purpose of a pilot study?

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To make improvements to the design of an experiment such as if the participants don’t understand something

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What is experimental design?

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A set of procedures used to control the influance of factors such as participant variables

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What are the types of experimental design?

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Repeated measures
Independent groups
Matched pairs

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What is repeated measures experimental design?

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All participants take part in all levels of the independent variable

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What is the independent groups experimental design?

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Participants are placed in seperate groups with each group doing a different level of the IV

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What is matched pairs experimental design?

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Participants are matched on key characteristics and then each member of the pair does a different level of the IV

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What are the disadvantages of using repeated measures?

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Order effect: Order of conditions may affect performance
Practice effect: They may do better on the second test as they are less anxious
Boredom effect: Doing the same test again may make them bored
It’s easier for them to guess the aims of the study

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What are order effects?

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The order that the participants do the levels of the IV in can impact their performance

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What is the practice effect

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Participants may do better on the second test as they are less anxious

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How can we deal with the disadvantages of repeated measures?

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Two tests could be used that are slightly different but measure the same thing
Counterbalancing
Creating a cover story to stop them guessing the true aims of the study

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What is counter balancing?

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Switching which level of the IV is tested first and last so that order isn’t a confounding variable

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What are the disadvantages of independent groups?

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Participant variables

More participants are needed

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What are participant variables?

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Different characteristics of each participant that may affect their performance

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How can we deal with the disadvantages of independent groups?

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Randomally allocate participants

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What are the disadvantages of using matched pairs?

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Time consuming and difficult to match participants on key traits
Not possible to control all participant variables

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How can we deal with the disadvantages of matched pairs?

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Restrict the number of characteristics you match on

Conduct a pilot study to consider the key variables

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What is a lab experiment?

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An environment that can be controlled by the researcher

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What is a feild experiment?

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Working with partcipants in an environment that is more familiar to them but less easily controlled

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What are the advantages of a lab experiment?

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It’s easier to control confounding or extraneous variables

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What are the disadvantages of a lab experiment?

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Participants may demonstrate artifical behaviour

May be impractial to take it into a lab setting

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What are the advantages of a feild experiment?

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Behaviour is more natural

We can examine behaviour in a wider range of contexts

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What are the disadvantages of a feild experiment?

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More difficult to measure variables
More difficult to control confounding varibles
Can’t bring our bulky equiptment

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What is a quasi experiment?

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The independent variable is not manipulated by the researcher

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Why is it not possible to draw cause and effect conclusions from quasi experiments?

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There may be confouding varibles
Participants are not randomally allocated
May lack population validity

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What are demand characteristics?

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Where the participant is unconsciouslly aware of the aims of the study and the researcher helps them behave in the way they expect

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What is researcher bias?

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Anything the researcher does that will have an effect on the participant’s performance other than what was intended

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How can we deal with demand characteristics and researcher bias?

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Single blind design
Double blind design
Experimental realism

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What is a single blind design?

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Where the participant is not aware of the aims of the study

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What is a double blind design?

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Both participant and person conducting the research ar not aware of the true aims

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What is experimental realism?

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If the task is engaging enough the participant will not play attention to the fact that they are being observed

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What is genralisation?

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Applying the findings of a particular study to the target population

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What is a sampling frame?

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The source material that the sample is drawn from

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What is a target population?

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The group of people that the researcher is interested in. The sample is drawn from this

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What is opportunity sampling?

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Where you recruit people who are most conveniant

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What are the advantages of opportunity sampling

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Quick and easy

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What are the disadvantages of opportunity sampling?

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Sample may be biased as it is drawn from a small proportion of the population such as only people from urban areas

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What are the advantages of random sampling?

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Unbiased as all members of the target population have an equal change of being selected

60
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What are the disadvantages of random sampling?

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You need a list of all the members of a target population

61
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What is snowball sampling?

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Current participants recruit further participants from people they know

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What are the advantages of snowball sampling?

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Researcher can get acces to difficult groups of people like drug addicts

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What are the disadvantages of snowball sampling?

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The sample is unlikely to be represntative of the target population

64
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What is self-selected sampling?

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The study is advertised and participants volunteer

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What are the advantages of self-selected sampling?

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Wide variety of volunteers

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What are the disadvantages of self-selected sampling?

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Volunteer bias as only a certain type of person will voluneteer
They are more likely to be highly motivated

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What is stratifyed sampling?

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Subgroups in the target population are identifyed and participants are taken from the groups in perportion to the wider population

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What are the advantages of stratifyed sampling?

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More representative of the wider population

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What are the disadvantages of stratifyed sampling?

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Time consuming

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What is systematic sampling?

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Using a per-determined system to select particpants like every 6th name

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What are the advantages of using systematic sampling?

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Unbiased

72
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What is an ethical issue?

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A conflict between what the researcher wants and the rights of the participants

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What is confidentiality?

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Communicaton of personal information from one person to another and the trust that that information will be protected

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What is deception?

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When the participant is not told the true aims of the study meaning that they can’t give valid consent

75
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What is risk of harm?

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During the study, participants should not experiance any negative emotional or physical effects beyond what would be normal for them to experiance

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How can we deal with valid consent?

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Participants are asked to formally indicate their agreement to study such as by signing a legal document with comprehensive details of the study
Or gain presumptive consent

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What is presumptive consent?

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Ask a similar group of people to the participants if they would be willing to take part and then generalise their awnsers to the participants as it’s presumed they would also agree

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How can we deal with the issue of deception?

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Go to an ethics committee

Debreif the participants after the study

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What is participant observation?

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The observer is part of the group being observed

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What is non-participant observation?

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The researcher observes from a distance and doesn’t interact with the participants

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What is an unstructured observation?

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The observer records all relevent behaviour with no system

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What is structured observation?

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Systems are used to organise behaviour such as behaviour catergories and sampling

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How can behavioural catergories be used in strucured observation?

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Dividing the target behaviour into specific, operationalised behaviours

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How can sampling be used in strucured observation?

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Event sampling: Counting the number of times an event occurs

Time sampling: Recording behaviours at a given time fram such as every 30 seconds

85
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What is observer bias?

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Their expectations affect what they observe so validity is reduced

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What is social desirability bias?

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A change in the way people behave or awnser questions in order to present themselves in a good light

87
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What is an interview?

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A face to face meeting where the interviewer gathers data

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What is a questionaire?

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Data collected through the use of written questions

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What is a semi-structured interview?

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The interviewer starts out with some general aims and the awnsers of the participant guide them to more questions

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What is a structured interview?

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Any interview where the questions are decided in advance

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What is interviewer bias?

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The expectations of the interviewer impact the participant’s behaviour

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What are the advantages of using self-report techniques?

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It allows us to see how people think and feel as well as their experiances and attitudes

93
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What are the disadvantages of using self-report techniques?

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Social desirability bias

Sample may not be representative as only motivated people would take part

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What are the advantages of using structured interviews?

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Questions are standardised so people can be compared

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What are the disadvantages of using structured interviews?

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Interviewer bias

If the interviewer behaves differently on different occasions it has low reliability

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What are the advantages of using semi- structured interviews?

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More detailed information can be obtained as the questions can be adapted

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What are the disadvantages of using semi- structured interviews?

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Questions may lack objectivity

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What is internal reliability?

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A measure if something is consistant within itself

99
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What is external reliability?

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The degree to which it can be generalised

100
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What methods are used to assess reliability?

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Split half method

Test retest method

101
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What is the split-half method?

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Used to test internal reliability

Participants are divided in half and scores compared

102
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What is the test-retest method?

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Used to test external validity

Participants are given the samr questionaire twice after a significant ammount of time has passed

103
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What is face validity?

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If the self-report technique looks like it measures what the researcher intended it to measure

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What is content validity?

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Looking at your method of measurement and deciding if it measures the intended content

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What is concurrent validity?

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Compairing the current research method with previously validated ones

106
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What is predictive validity?

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If the scores predict what you expected them to predict

107
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What is a case study?

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A single detailed study of one participant

108
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What is a content analysis?

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Behaviour is observed indirectly through material such as diaries, books and TV shows

109
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What is a longitudinal study?

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A study conducted over a long period of time monitoring participants as they age, normally using repeated measures

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What are the advantages of longitudinal studies?

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Control of participant variables

111
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What are the disadvantages of longitudinal studies?

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Attrittion
They may become aware of the research aims
Cohort effects

112
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What is an EEG

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Records the elecrical activity of different parts of the brain

113
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What are CAT scans?

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Computed axial tomography

Series of x rays taken and combined in a 3d image after a dye has been injected

114
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What are the advantages of CAT scans?

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Useful in revealing abnormal brain structures

115
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What are the disadvantages of CAT scans?

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Gives out a lot of radiation and only provides strutural information

116
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What are MRI scans?

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Magnetic response imaging

A magnetic feild changes the alinement of atoms in the brain so signals can be used to map it’s structure

117
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What are the advantages of MRI scans?

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Detailed image of the soft tissue

Less radiation

118
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What are the disadvantages of MRI scans?

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They take a long time and can be uncomfortable

119
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What are PET scans?

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Positron emission tomography

Radioactive traser is mapped by detectors as it is taken up by active areas of the brain

120
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What are the advantages of PET scans?

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They can reveal chemical information and show brain action

121
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What are the disadvantages of PET scans?

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Expensive
Less precise
Participant injected with a radioactive substance

122
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What are the measures of central tendency?

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Mean
Mode
Median

123
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What can be said about the mean average?

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Most sensative but can be easily distorted by extreme values

Can’t be used with nominal data

124
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What can be said about the mode?

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Unaffected by extreme values and can be used with nominal data
Not useful if there is more than one mode

125
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What can be said about the median?

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Not as sensative or affected by exteme values

126
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What is a skewed distribution?

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There are exteme values to one side fo the mid-score

127
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What is a positively skewed distribution?

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Most scores are bunched towards the left

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What is a negatively skewed distribution?

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Most scores are bunched off to the right

A Level Psychology: C2 (Eduqas) (5 decks)

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