Social Psych Methods Flashcards
What is experimenter bias?
It is when the experimenter has an effect on the study.
What are correlational studies?
Studies that record or measure different things to see if they co-vary.
Correlation is NOT causation.
What are experiments?
Experiments are a tool for finding causality.
They key to experiments is manipulation.
Two conditions must be exactly the same, except for one thing. If the outcome is different across conditions, we can have some certainty that manipulation caused that difference.
What is random sampling?
Random sampling helps to make sure our studies have external validity.
Random sampling maximizes the odds that we don’t have a “cohort effect” and that our results generalize
What does WEIRD stand for?
Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic.
This makes up about 12% of the population.
What is a control group?
Control groups are important for determining the direction of the effect and if the effect is different from the baseline.
What is a single-blind study?
Single-blind studies are when the participant doesn’t know whether they are in the active group or the placebo/control group.
What is a double-blind study?
A double-blind study is when neither the participant nor the experimenter know whether the participant is in the active or the placebo/control group.
