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Research Methods in Psychology Flashcards

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Descriptive Research

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Describes phenomena as they already exist rather than manipulating variables

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EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

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Psychologists manipulate variables of a situation to assess cause and effect.

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Independent Variable

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Manipulated Variable

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Dependent Variable

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Measured Variable

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Steps for an experiment

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Hypothesis
Operationalise variables
Procedure
Participants
Statistical techniques
Conclusions
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Deception

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The study must be important
Not possible without
Participants free to withdraw
Participants debriefed after
Participants expected to find the study reasonable afterwards
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Replicability

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Can produce the same results when repeated

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Hypothesis

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Belief in the relationship of multiple variables

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Generalisability

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A representative sample of a population to avoid bias

Must include external and internal validity

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internal validity

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A valid design to test the hypothesis

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External Validity

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Applicability to situations outside the laboratory

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Quantitative Research

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Uses experiments or surveys that provide data that can be quantified, tabulated, summarised and analysed.

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Qualitative Research

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Involves interviews, observation, and case studies to better understand the relevant phenomena.

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Reliability

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Produces consistent results

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Validity

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Accurately measures relevant variable

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Stratified random sampling

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The sample population is proportional to population percentages

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Extraneous variable

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anything else that could influence the measure

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Control group

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is not manipulated, observes tests in normal circumstances

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Confounding variables

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Two interconnected variables with no way to determine which variable has caused the influence.

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Quasi experimental designs

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do not randomly select participants and allow for unethical and impractical research that takes advantage of data on groups as they exist in nature.

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Inferential statistics

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Confidence in inferences based on findings

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Statistical significance

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likelihood that a finding occurred by chance

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Effect size

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the magnitude of the experimental effect or the strength of a relationship

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