Sex research Flashcards

1
Q

different samples

(3)

A
  1. random (equal chance for everyone)
  2. stratified random (# of them picked based on the portions of the subgroup ratio)
  3. rep
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2
Q

you would get the best sample if you and the sample kind
1. took the first 100 people
2. put names in a box and pick 100
3. make piles based on sex and pick based on ratio

A
  1. convenience
  2. simple random
  3. strat random
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3
Q

volunteer v. smapling bias

A

v: more experienced and permissive
s: low response rate

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4
Q

4 reasons people do not participate in research

A
  1. religious (more)
  2. education (less)
  3. ethnic minorities
  4. socio-eco sat (less)
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5
Q

are M or W less likely to volunteer for certian sex research

A

W

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6
Q

are M or W more likely to show personality diff

A

M

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7
Q

are M or W less likely to view explicit videos in a study

A

W

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8
Q

do M or W prefer face to face interviews

A

W

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9
Q

people refuse to reveal what behaviours

A
  • socially problematic
  • unconventional
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10
Q

what survey is easy to do, but are _

A
  • self report
  • reliable
  • valid
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11
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2 reasons data gets distoted in self-reports

A
  1. repsond with social desirablility
  2. respond to defend self image
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12
Q

5 methods to min distortions within self reports

A
  1. emph on scientific value is dependent on accuracy
  2. genuine anonymity
  3. bogus pipeline tech (fake lie detectors)
  4. cross check to detect distortions/attention
  5. ask participant to rate their honesty
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13
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what reasons cause innacurate data (3)

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  1. faulty recall
  2. poor estimators
  3. painful/unpleasant recall
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14
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what is reliability

A

variable accurately reflects the concept being produced or measured

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15
Q

which tech provides the most valid measure of sexual arousal
1. self report
2. penile/vaginal plethysmography

A
  1. self report
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16
Q

unreliable measure are never

A

valid

16
Q

what is the prep hypo? what can it affect the validity of?

A
  • vaginal lub production
  • vaginal plethysmography
17
Q

is psychological reliable/valid
is physiological reliable/valid

A

psyo: reliable but questionable valid
physio: not valid

18
Q

2 extraneius variables that affect valid/reliable?

A
  1. rapport with interviewer
  2. wording of the question
19
Q

what is inferential stat

A

using a sample to test a hypo about a pop

20
Q

what is a descriptive stat

A

stat procedure used to summarize, organize, simplify data

21
Q

it is always considered unethical to deceive participants
1. true
2. false

A
  1. true
22
Q

Ethical research respects the _ and _ of participants and aims to _ harm

A

welfare, dignity, min

23
Q

“min harm” meaning

A

not give participanrs more harm than they usually experience

24
Q

convergence of results from different methods do what

A

strengthens confidence in findings as “real”

25
Q

2 problems with clinical research on sexuality

A
  1. sex preference is cultural issue
  2. not many people in the study and they may not be rep of the whole pop
26
Q

what are the 4 kinds of observational research methods with sexuality

A
  1. natural (bar, dating apps)
  2. contrived (lab)
  3. concealed observer (don’t know they’re being observed)
  4. particioants observer (researcher participates)
27
Q

most data on sexual conduct comes from _

A

survey

28
Q

mail in/online questionnaires are poblematic b/c (2)

A
  1. representatives
  2. bias
29
Q

what is the most infrequent source of info on sexuality

A

experimental

30
Q

what is a cause and effect relationship

A

when the situation is directly responsible for the effect

31
Q

what is mundane realism

A

how similar teh experiment is to the real world

32
Q

what is experimental realism

A

situations created in social psyo experiments are real and impactful

33
Q

true or false; questionnaires can be referred to as experiments

A

false