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section 1 Flashcards

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what is peer review?

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involves scientists peers, who have expertise in the field, evaluating the methods and conclusions of the research

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what is pseudoscience?

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a set of ideas driven by ideological, cultural, or commercial goals, presented as scientific, although they are not.

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what is a scientific law?

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it describes something that happens without exception and has been established by repeated testing. often describes mathematical relationship between 2 or more measured variables

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what is a theory?

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it explaiins existing observations and predict new ones

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what is a scientific theory?

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its a theory supported by evidence, and has been proven beyond reasonable doubt by repeated testing of hypothesis.

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what does parismony

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preference for the least complicated explaination for an observation (simplest)

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what is falsifiability

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the posibility to make an observation that would show that the theory is wrong

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what is a hypothesis

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working assumption

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what is a null hypothesis

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no relationship between 2 variables

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one tailed hypothesis

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a directional prediction, which specifys the nature of the relationship between the variables. a directional hypothesis should only be made if it is based on a well researched theory, or it is based on previous research showing consistent trends. if in doubt made the hypothesis 2 tailed. one tailed hypothesis specify the direction of direction. ie. mean of A> mean of B. or a positive relationship etc.

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two tailed hypothesis

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non-directional prediction, which only states that a relationship between 2 varibes exists. this doesn’t show the direction but a difference. eg. there is a relationship between between testosterone levels and aggression.

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alternative hypothesis

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states that a relationship between 2 variables exists

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what is a variable

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anything that varies that can be measured

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I.D.

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experimental change

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D.V

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measured change

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what is coundfounding variables

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one or more variables which arent under experimental control.

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what is a counterbalance

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gets rid of counfounding variables

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what are quasi-experiments

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they are characterised by their use of pre-existing groups of participants which have not been manipulated by the experimenter

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4 types of quasi-experiments

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observational studies, interviews and questionnairs, case studies, correlation studies

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what is an observational study?

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researchers observe the experimental units in their natural setting and simply record the variables of interest. examples are bullying in the plsyground

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what are advantages with observational studies

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natural setting, overcome ethical issues with manipulting participants into groups

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disadvantages of obserbational studie

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relys on researchers interpretation of behaviour, researchers can influence behaviour, researchers can lack control over the situation, no casual conclusions can be drawn

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advantages with interviews and questionaiirs

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large data quick, studies opionions which arnt easily observed

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disavantgeos of questionairs and interviews

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unrep sample, no casual conclusions, interviewer bias

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what is a case study

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indebth analysis of an individual, group or an event.

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advantages of case studies

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difficult to replicate, no casu con cab be drawn

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what is a correlation study

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measures the association between naturally occuring events or variables

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what 3 components make up a correlation study

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  1. measure one variable (X), 2. measure a second variable (Y), 3. use statistics to determine if X and Y are related.
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advantages of correlation study

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made predictions, ethically sound, identify real world relationships

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disadvanages of correlation studies

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how generalisable are the results? correlation not causation

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what is a population

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complete set of individuals with some common characteristsics

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what is a sample

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small number of the population

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types of sampling techniques

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random and opportunity

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