Psych Reading Unit 2

Question 1

What is the IRB?

Answer 1

It is the institutional review board. It reviews proposals for experiments with human participants.

Question 2

What is informed consent?

Answer 2

Written description fo what to expect, risks, and implications fo the research.

Question 3

What are deceptions?

Answer 3

It is purposely misleading participants in a proper way. Debriefing is required at the end to release honest info about what happened in experiment.

Question 4

What is IACUC?

Answer 4

It is the institutional animal care and use committee. Reviews proposals with animals to ensure humane car.e

Question 5

What is scientific knowledge?

Answer 5

It is empirical, it is grounded in objective, has tangible evidence that can be observed time and time again.

Question 6

What are facts?

Answer 6

Observable realties.

Question 7

What are opinions?

Answer 7

Personal judgements, conclusions, or attitudes.

Question 8

What is deductive reasoning?

Answer 8

Ideas tested in the real world.

Question 9

What is inductive reasoning?

Answer 9

Real-world observations leading to new ideas.

Question 10

What is a theory?

Answer 10

Well-developed set of ideas that propose an explanation for well-observed phenomena too complex to be tested (thus different hypothesis test it)

Question 11

What is a hypothesis?

Answer 11

A testable prediction about how the world will behave if an idea is correct. It bridges realm of ideas and the real-world. It MUST BE FALSIFIABLE.