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Biophycology

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The basic of applied health

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Cognivite study

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The basic of applied forensic

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Forensic psychology

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The study into the criminal’s though processes

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Social

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The basic of industrial psychology

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Industrial psychology

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helping people working together

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Developmental

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The basic of educational psychology

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Personality

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the basic of sport psycholgy that studies motivation.

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Anecdotal

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A case study where observations are catalogued

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Empirical

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This is work that involves solid evidence found in experiments

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Theoretical

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Predicting based on observations

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Applied

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taking a theory and using it to help people

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Normative

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Quantitative numbers

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Ethical conciderations

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Informed consent, protection from harm and discomfort, confidentiality, debrefing, inducements

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Informed consent

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The participant understands what they are being involved in and can withdraw from at moment

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Protection from harm and discomfort

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Minimizing the physical, psychological and social effects on the participnats

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Physical effects

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a person cannot experience pain, injury or illness due to the experiment

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Psychological effects

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a person cannot leave the lab in a more negative state then they arrived in

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Social effects

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the experiment cannot effect the participant in any social, economic, or legal way.

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Confidentiality

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the privacy and protection of data which includes encryption, the destruction of records, and crime reporting.

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Aggregate

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reporting the averages

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When to report a crime

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If you are witness to a crime to someone who is not capable of reporting it themselves.

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Debriefing

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Disclosing the purpose of the experiment, ensuring consent and giving contact information

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Inducements

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Benefits for participating should be in the form of reimbursements, remuneration, and honorariums

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R’s of animal research

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Replacement, Reduction, Refinement

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Replacement

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If it is possible use anything but an animal

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Reduction

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Using less animals, sharing data, limiting number of experiments

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Refinement

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Minimizing pain, proper care, and having vet techs and veterinarians on site

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Animal consent

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It is assumed consent if the animal is engaged in the activity. If they are aggressive or fearful then they are removed from the experiment.

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Asking a question

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asking a question with a purpose to solve or explore one part of a theory. The question should be refined and measurable

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Forming Hypothesis

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A statement of probability where we aim to disprove ourselves. Based on deductive reasoning and previous research. Should be testable

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Design Study

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establishing a paradigm for the experiment

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Operationalize

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Describing a concept in a measurable way. Or defining a construct.

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Parsimony

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Something that is falsifiable

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Laboratory

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Controlled and Quantitative experiment

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Field Study

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Natural and Quantitative experiment

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Survey

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Controlled and Qualitative experiment

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Case Study

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Natural and Qualitative experiment

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Generalizability

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how general is your measurments

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Measurements

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ways of measuring things are behavioural

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Measuring thoughts, feelings and beliefs

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Self-reporting, but has a bias limitation

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Measuring action or ability

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a person’s output, but it is reductionest and behavioural

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Measuring events, situations and phenomenon

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Documentation, but is up to interpretation

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Factor

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concept

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Variable

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number

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Independent variable

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Factor is manipulated

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Dependent variable

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outcome is measured

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Two dependent variable

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finding a relationship

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Inferential

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Finding the cause and effect

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Correlational

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Finding the descriptive relationship

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Analyzing

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finding the changes needed to make other changes

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correlation

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the numerical relationship between the two variables

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Positive correlation

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Both go up together

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Negative correlation

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Inverse

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Experimental research

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Finding the why and what or cause and effect

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Random assignment

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making a group as diverse as possible

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Random sampling

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assignment from the whole world

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Between groups

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Each group is different and each exposed to one condition

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Within groups

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one group tow different conditions

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Factorial design

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more then one independent variable

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Multivariant design

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More than one dependant variable

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Normal distribution

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bell shaped curve

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Rules of probability

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Always end up with a normal curve, sample represents population

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Homogeneity

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more specific

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Sample size

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more people crowd around one number

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Central tendancy

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Number that represents all scores

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Variability

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The differences in numbers

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