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Independent variable

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What is changed

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Dependant variable

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What is measured

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Aims

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What the researchers intend to find out and do during the study

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Ethical issues

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Conflicting sets of values, moral right and wrongs

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Hypothesis

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A precise and testable statement

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Informed consent

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Participants given comprehensive information concerning the nature of the study and their rights

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Operationalise

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Putting the variables into a testable and measurable form

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Standardised procedures

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A set of procedures that are the same for all participants, so that the study can be repeated

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Extraneous variable

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A variable that is not the IV but can affect the results of the experiment (.e.g: time of day)

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Confounding variable

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A variable that affects the DV in a systematic way, it is unintentionally measured (.e.g: gender or age)

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Internal validity

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The degree to which the results were caused by experimental manipulation rather than extraneous or confounding variables.

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External validity

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The degree to which a finding can be generalised

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Ecological validity

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How it can be generalised to other settings or locations

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Population validity

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How it can be generalised to other groups of people

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Temporal/historical validity

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The degree to which it can be generalised to the historical period

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Generalise

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To be able to understand and relate the findings to everyday life

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Mundane realism

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How the study mirrors the real world (High mundane realism - very much reflects the real world)

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Directional hypothesis

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States the expected direction of the study (usually based on previous evidence or theory)

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Non directional hypothesis

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States that there is a difference between the variables but does not state the direction of the difference
(When there is little or no evidence showing a direction)

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Null hypothesis

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When there is no difference explicitly stated in the hypothesis

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Independent group design

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One group per condition of IV

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Repeated measures

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All participants do both conditions

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Matched pair design

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Recruit group and find out information.

Match them in pairs and split the pairs to do a condition each

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Counterbalance

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In repeated measures you need to balance the order effects. You can do this by splitting the group and making them do condition A then B and the others do B then A.

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Participant variables

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Participants abilities that may affect the results

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Pilot study

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Smaller test of a larger experiment to test that it runs smoothly

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Order effects

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In repeated measures the order of the conditions affects the results of the next

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Positive control groups

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Control group in which the expected effect will occur

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Negative control group

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Produce a negative result and unexpected outcomes (identify outside influences)

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Lab experiment

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A highly controlled experiment taking place in an artificial environment

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Field experiment

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A highly controlled (manipulation of the IV) experiment taking place in a natural setting

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Natural experiment

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An experiment in which the IV cannot be manipulated so the researchers take advantage of naturally occurring situations

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Quasi experiments

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An experiment in which the IV cannot he manipulated however there can be a comparison between peoples traits

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Demand characteristics

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How participants respond when they think the researcher demands a certain reaction from them

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Investigator effects

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Anything the investigator does that may affect the participants response such as physical or emotional cues

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Opportunity sampling

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Participants are whoever is available at the time. It is easy and fast and although there is a wide variety of participants available, there is only a small group that are available to take part in the experiment.

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Random sampling

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Randomly selected participants. List of names in a hat, selected randomly.
Although it is unbiased, it is time consuming.

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Systematic sampling

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Staring randomly and following a preset method of selection. It is simple and non biased however it is only truly non biased if the starting person is random

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Volunteer sampling

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Participants volunteer to be a part of the experiment. Although there is a wide variety of participants available, there is a volunteer bias

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Stratified sampling

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Subgroup/ total population X sample size

Tells you how many people to randomly select from each subgroup

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Confidentiality

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Concerns the communication of personal information from one person to another and trust that the information will be protected

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Deception

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A participant is not told the true aims of the study and therefore cannot give informed consent

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Informed consent

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Participants must be given comprehensive information concerning the nature and purpose of the research to be given an informed decision

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Privacy

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A persons right to control the flow of information about themselves

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Protection from mental and physical harm

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Should not experience more harm than they would in the real world

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Right to withdraw

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Participants can stop participating at any time for any reason with no consequences

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Presumptive consent

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If a group of participants agreed knowing the true aim and all of the information it is presumed that all groups would consent

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