KSS 1B Flashcards
What is a case study in psychology?
A case study is an in-depth investigation into a specific individual, group, or event.
Advantages:
They provide highly detailed, rich information.
Disadvantages
Can not be used to establish a cause-effect relationship
Can be time-consuming and
difficult to generalise.
What is a correlational study in psychology?
An observation and recording of events and behaviours to understand the relationships that exist between variables.
What is a positive correlation in psychology?
A positive correlation occurs when two variables move in the same direction. As one variable increases, the other also increases, or as one decreases, the other decreases.
What is a negative correlation in psychology?
A negative correlation occurs when two variables move in opposite directions. As one variable increases, the other decreases, and vice versa.
What is classification?
Classification involves organizing data or observations into categories based on shared characteristics or features. It helps researchers understand patterns and relationships.
What is identification?
Identification involves recognizing and labeling specific characteristics or phenomena. It often helps in diagnosing psychological disorders or categorizing responses in research.
What is a literature review?
A literature review is a comprehensive analysis and summary of existing research and theories related to a specific topic. It helps identify gaps in knowledge, build on existing findings, and guide future research.
what is modelling?
The construction and/or manipulation of either a physical model, such as a small- or large-scale representation of an object, or a conceptual model that represents a system involving concepts that help people know, understand, or simulate the system.
What is product, process, or system development?
It involves creating new tools, methods, or systems to study, measure, or address psychological concepts. These developments aim to improve research, assessment, intervention, and practice in psychology.
what is a Simulation?
A process of using a model to study the behaviour of a real or theoretical system.
What is fieldwork?
Refers to any research involving observation and interaction with people and environments in real-world settings, conducted beyond the laboratory.
what is Type of fieldwork: Direct observation?
A method of fieldwork in which a researcher watches and listens to the participants of the study, with no direct intervention and involvement, or manipulation of variables
what is Type of fieldwork: Qualitative Interviews?
Involve the researcher asking questions to gather in-depth information about a particular topic, theme, or idea. The interview may be structured, but the questions are generally open ended so that participants can provide lengthier, more detailed answers. This provides rich, qualitative data for the researcher to analyse.
what is Type of fieldwork: Questionnaires?
A set of questions of prompts given to participants to answer. Questions may be open-ended, wherein participants can freely answer a question, or closed, wherein participants select an answer from a given set of responses. The answers of respondents are then analysed by a researcher.
what is Type of fieldwork: Focus groups
A qualitative research method which involves a researcher conducting a discussion with a small group of people on a specific topic.
Groups are formed on the basis of some shared relevant characteristics (e.g. background, demographics etc.)
Responses and interactions with each other are recorded to form rich, qualitative data.
what is Type of fieldwork: Yarning circles?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures
Traditional approach to group discussion which involves talking, exchanging ideas, reflection and deep, considered listening without judgement.
The researcher must become an active member of the discussion, not just a neutral facilitator.
The focus of the facilitator is not to obtain knowledge or information for themselves, but to contribute to a circular information exchange that can potentially produce new knowledge for all members.
what are Controlled experiments?
Controlled experiments are research studies where the researcher manipulates the independent variable (IV) and controls all other variables to observe the effect on the dependent variable (DV).
what are the Types of controlled experiments?
Between-subjects
Within-subjects
Mixed design
what is the Between-subjects design?
Participants from the sample are allocated to either the control or experimental group
what is the Within-subjects design?
Sample of participants are exposed to both the control and experimental conditions of the study
what is the Mixed design?
A study that combines features of both abetween-subjects designand awithin-subjects design.
