Psychology research deigns (meanings) Flashcards
—– in scientific research, a specific, testable proposition about a phenomenon
- Quasi design
- Operational definition
- Variable
- Hypothesis
Hypothesis
A statement that defines the
exact operations or methods used in research
- Quasi design
- Operational definition
- Variable
- Hypothesis
Operational definition
A factor or characteristic that is manipulated or measured in research
- Quasi design
- Operational definition
- Variable
- Hypothesis
Variable
An integrated set of propositions that can be used to account for, predict and even suggest ways of controlling certain phenomena
- Quasi design
- Theory
- Variable
- Hypothesis
Theory
The degree to which test results or other research evidence occurs repeatedly
- Quasi design
- Theory
- Variable
- statistical reliability
statistical reliability (reliability)
The degree to which test scores are
interpreted correctly and used appropriately
- Quasi design
- Theory
- Variable
- statistical reliability
Statistical validity (validity)
The process of watching without interfering as a
phenomenon occurs in the natural environment;
- Naturalistic observation
- Observational methods
- Case study
Naturalistic observation
Procedures for systematically watching behaviour in order to summarise it for scientific analysis
- Naturalistic observation
- Observational methods
- Case study
- Observational methods
Observational methods
A research method involving the intensive examination of some phenomenon in a particular individual, group or situation
- Case study
- Observational methods
- Descriptive methods
- Survey
Case study
The sub field of psychology whose goal is to explore and understand the relationships among brain processes, human behaviour and psychological functioning
- Case study
- Observational methods
- Correlational Study
- Neuropsychology
Neuropsychology
A research method that examines relationships between variables in order
to analyse trends in data, test predictions, evaluate theories and suggest new hypotheses
- Case study
- Observational methods
- Correlational study
- Neuropsychology
Correlational study
A situation in which the researcher
manipulates one variable and then observes the effect of that manipulation on another variable, while holding all other variables constant
- Case study
- Observational methods
- Correlational study
- Experiment
Experiment
(something) in an experiment, the group that receives the experimental treatment
- Case study
- Experimental group
- Correlational study
- Experiment
Experimental group
(something) in an experiment, the group that receives no treatment or provides some other baseline against which to compare the performance or response of the experimental group
- Case study
- Experimental group
- Correlational study
- Control group
Control Group
What type of variable is manipulated by the researcher in an experiment?
Independent OR dependent
Independent variable
——- variable in an experiment, the factor affected by the independent variable
Independent OR dependent
Dependent variable
——– in an experiment, any factor that affects the dependent variable, along with or instead of the independent variable
- Case study
- Experimental group
- Confound
- Control group
Confound
——— in an
experiment, a confound in which uncontrolled or uncontrollable factors affect the dependent variable, along with or instead of the independent variable
- Variable
- Experimental group
- Confound
- Random variable
Random variable
———– assigning participants in an experiment to various groups through a random process to ensure that random variables are evenly distributed among the groups
- Variable
- Randomising
- Confound
- Random variable
Randomising
A physical or psychological treatment that contains no active ingredient but produces an effect because the person receiving it believes it will
- Placebo
- Effect
- Confound
- Random variable
Placebo
———- that occurs
when an experimenter unintentionally encourages participants to respond in a way that supports the experimenter’s hypothesis
- Experimenter bias
- Effect
- Double blind design
- Random variable
Experimenter bias
———- a research design in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know who is in the experimental group and who is in the control group
- Experimenter bias
- Effect
- Double blind design
- Random variable
Double - blind design
A statistic, r, that summarises the strength and direction of a relationship between two variable
- Experimenter bias
- Effect
- Double blind design
- Correlation coefficient
Correlation coefficient
The score that occurs most frequently in a data set
- Mean
- Mode
- Median
Mode
The halfway point in a data set; half the scores fall above this score, half below
- Mean
- Mode
- Median
Median
The arithmetic average of the scores in a data set
- Mean
- Mode
- Median
Mean
What research design in which an experi-mental procedure is applied but all extraneous variables are not controlled?
- Obedience
- Design components
- Quasi-experimental design
Quasi-experimental design