Observational Research

Question 1

___ ___ - involves observing people act naturally (when we observe people we tend to make judgements and generalizations out human behavior. Can be fleeting and haphazard. Can only be used as a starting point for research not used to conduct scientific research)

Answer 1

Observational Research

Question 2

____ method - Can involve various forms of psychological testing. (Aptitude tests, intelligence tests, and personality tests)

Answer 2

Testing method

Question 3

____ tests - Measure one’s abilities and skills

Answer 3

Aptitude tests

Question 4

____-___ method - An in depth analysis of a person or of a small group of people (the researcher will spend a lot of time speaking with the subject, interviewing them in depth. Can be useful when you have a really unique situation, like Genie. Cannot be replicated in case of generalizations or memory gaps and dishonesty)

Answer 4

Case-study method

Question 5

_____ study - A study that takes place over a long period of time, including months and years (usually involve studies of development. Group of participants is selected and studied over a longer period of time, and usually check back in at certain intervals. Can be extremely time consuming because they can take years of even decades to complete)

Answer 5

Longitudinal study

Question 6

___-___ study - Conducted by taking a sample of people at different ages (can be done in a shorter period of time. Problem is that we are comparing people with different experiences)

Answer 6

Cross-sectional study

Question 7

____ Observation - Involves observing people go about their daily lives (observing other people or animals in the field/natural habitats, for humans it’s school work or home. Researchers try not to interfere with organisms or the people being observed in fear of skewing the results.)

Answer 7

Naturalistic observation

Question 8

_____ observation - Usually done in a specific place rather than in the field. (Doesn’t necessarily mean scientific laboratory, just an enclosed environment. Usually done on animals because of ethics. Researchers have more control over the environment, they can change things to study the reactions to the environmental changes)

Answer 8

Laboratory Observation

Question 9

_____ - Occurs when 2 things are closely related. (Does not necessarily mean causation, as sometimes there’s an outside variable that is influencing both. Simply measures the relationship between 2 variables)

Answer 9

Correlation

Question 10

____ Correlation - Is one which both variables go up

Answer 10

Positive correlation

Question 11

____ correlation - One is when one goes up the other goes down

Answer 11

Negative correlation