Part 2: All Methods Booklet

Question 1

Which inferential test should a researcher use to decide whether a correlation is significant?

Answer 1

Spearman’s Rho test

Question 2

Reliability

Answer 2

Whether something is consistent

The ability of a test or measurement to preform consistently over a number of occasions

Question 3

Name the two main types of reliability

Answer 3

Internal
External

Question 4

Internal reliability
How checked

Answer 4

How consistently a method measures with itself

Split half method

Question 5

External reliability
How checked

Answer 5

How consistently a method measure over time or between people

Test retest or via inter rater reliability

Question 6

Split half method

Answer 6

Involves splitting a test into two and having the same ps doing both half of the test

If two halves of the test provide similar results this would suggest that the test has internal reliability

Question 7

Test retest method

Answer 7

Involves testing the same ps twice over a period of time in the same test

If the results are similar then that would suggest that the measuring device / test has external reliability

Question 8

Inter rater reliability
What tests
How

Answer 8

External reliability in relation to interviews can also be assessed via inter rater reliability

Eg
If two researchers interviewing the same interviewee to produce approximately the same score then their scoring would have external reliability

Question 9

Observation and reliability

Answer 9

Question 10

Experimental method and reliability

Answer 10

Question 11

Validity

Answer 11

Refers to whether something measures what it claims to measure

Question 12

Interval validity

Answer 12

Question 13

External validity

Answer 13

Question 14

Face validity

Answer 14

Question 15

Construct validity

Answer 15

Question 16

Concurrent validity

Answer 16

Question 17

Criterion validity

Answer 17

Question 18

Population validity

Answer 18

Question 19

Ecological validity

Answer 19

Question 20

Name all types of validity

Answer 20

Question 21

First 5 sections including subsections of a practical report

Answer 21

Question 22

Last two sections of a practical report
Citing academic references

Answer 22

Question 23

Peer review

Answer 23

Question 24

Peer review process

Answer 24

Question 25

The scientific process

Answer 25

Question 26

Induction

Answer 26

Question 27

Deduction

Answer 27

Question 28

Summary of induction and deduction

Answer 28

Question 29

Example of induction and deduction

Answer 29

Question 30

Is psychology a science Booklet intro

Answer 30

Question 31

Cause and effect

Answer 31

The IV variable affects the DV

Question 32

Hypothesis testing

Answer 32

Where a test is performed to prove whether a statement / hypothesis is falsifiable or not - accept null hypothesis/ or not

Question 33

Manipulation of variables

Answer 33

Changing the IV to see the effect on the DV (to suit the desired outcome of the research) ie critical verb in Loftus and Palmer Can’t in quasi experiment

Question 34

Control and standardisation

Answer 34

Reducing extraneous variables to confounding variables to make sure it is a fair test Standardisation Keeping things the same between experiments

Question 35

Quantifiable measurements

Answer 35

Data measurements that are in the form of numbers / can be translated to numbers

Question 36

Falsification

Answer 36

Prove that something is false Accept that theory is not correct Accept null hypothesis

Question 37

Replicability

Answer 37

Repeat the research ie grant replica study Future research test in another occasion

Question 38

Objectivity

Answer 38

Not opinion based but evidence / facts based Opposite of subjective

Question 39

How does psychology contribute to the success of the economy and society

Answer 39