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What is beneficence?

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The commitment to maximizing benefits and minimizing the risks and harms. (Ethical concept)

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What is non-maleficence?

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Involves actively avoiding causing harm. In other words, the benefit of the research must outweigh the harm or discomfort caused to the participants. (Ethical concept)

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What is respect?

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The consideration of the value of living things, regarding participants welfare, liberty, autonomy, beliefs, perceptions, customs, cultural heritage and considering the capacity of an individual to make their own decisions. (Ethical concept)

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What is integrity?

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Whether results are favorable or unfavorable to the initial intentions of a study, a researcher is responsible to report them honest and truthful. (Ethical concept)

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What is justice?

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Involves the moral obligation to ensure that competing claims are considered fairly that there is no unfair burden on a particular group from an action taken, and that there is fair distribution and access to the benefits of an action. (Ethical concept)

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What is voluntary participation?

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An individual is not forced or pressured to participate in an experiment. An individual freely agrees to participate in a study. (Ethical guideline)

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What is informed consent?

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Ensure that participants understand the nature and the purpose of the study, that includes potential risks; physical and psychological. Need to get voluntary written consent. (Ethical guideline)

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What are withdrawals rights?

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Involves a participant being able to discontinue their involvement in an experiment, at any time during or after the experiment without consequence. (Ethical guideline)

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What is confidentiality?

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The privacy, protection and security of a participant’s personal information. (Ethical guideline)

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What is deception?

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When knowing the true purpose of an experiment may affect the behavior of the participants whilst in the study, an experimenter may choose to not inform the participants about the true purpose of the study. (Ethical guideline)

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What is debriefing?

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Ensures that at the end of an experiment, the participants leave understanding the aim, results and conclusions. (Ethical guideline)

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What are independent variables?

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The treatment variable that is manipulated by the researcher to assess the effect(s) on the dependent variable. The experiment has full control over this variable.

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What are dependent variables?

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Measurement variable used to assess effects of the independent variable. Element in the experiment that is believed to change because of the changes of the IV.

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What are extraneous variables?

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Extraneous variables are any variables other than the IV that may/can cause a change in the DV and therefore effect the results in an unwanted way.

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What are the types of extraneous variables?

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-Participant: age, gender, religion mood

-Experimenter: expectations, gender, age, interactions with participants

-Situational: weather, time of day, environmental noise level

-Non-standardized instructions or procedures: The way in which the experimenter delivers instructions or designs procedures

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What is confounding variable?

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A confounding variable is a variable other than the IV that has systematically affected the DV in an unwanted way.

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What is random sampling?

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This is when all participants within a population have an even chance of being selected to participant in an experiment.

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What is convenience sampling (non-random sampling)?

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This is when all participants do not have an even chance of being selected for an experiment.

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What is stratified sampling?

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Stratified Sampling involves dividing the population into distinct groups, or strata, then selecting a separate sample from each stratum, usually in the same proportions as they occur in the ‘target’ population.

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What is random allocation?

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Similarly to random sampling, we could use a random number generator, so participants have an even chance of being placed into either group

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What is non-random allocation?

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This would involve the experimenter intentionally choosing which group (experimental or control) the participants are to participate in.

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What is qualitative data?

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Data that describes characteristics or qualities. Usually deals with language

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What is quantitative data?

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Data that is quantified or measured. Usually deals with numbers.

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