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Unit 0 Terms Part 2 Flashcards

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Qualitative data

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Information not expressed numerically, such as descriptions of behavior, thoughts, attitudes, and experiences.

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Debriefing

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The post experimental explanation of study, including its purpose and any deceptions, to its participants

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Histogram

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A bar graph depicting a frequency distribution

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Mean

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The average of a distribution

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Percentile rank

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The percentage of score that are lower than a given score

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Psychodynamic approach

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Approach that views human behavior from the standpoint of unconscious motives that mold the personality, influence attitudes, and produce emotional disorder. Emphasis on tracing behavior to its origins

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Behavioral approach

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Focuses on the effects of learning on our personality development

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Cognitive approach

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uses experimental research methods to study internal mental processes such as attention, perception, memory, and decision-making

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Biological psychology

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The scientific study of the links between biological (genetic, neural, hormonal) and psychological processes.

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Humanistic perspective

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Assumption that people are essentially good and constructive, self-actualization is inherent, and humans will develop to their maximum potential in the proper environment

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Evolutionary psychology

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The study of the evolution of behavior and the minds, using principles of natural selection

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Sociocultural perspective

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Any viewpoint or approach to health, mental health, history, politics, economics, or any other area of human experience that emphasize the environmental factors of society, culture, and social interaction

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Biopsychological approach

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An integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis

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Social-cognitive approach

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Theory that describes how people learn behaviors and interact with their environment by observing other and choosing behaviors to imitate

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W.E.I.R.D. cultures

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Western, Educated, Industrialized Rich and Democratic
Aims to raise people’s consciousness about psychological differences and to emphasize that WEIRD people are but one unusual slice of humanity’s cultural diversity

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Experimental control

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Regulation of all extraneous conditions and variables in an experiment

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Positive (direct) correlation

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Relationship between two variables in which both rise and fall together. For example, one would expect to find a positive correlation between study hours and test performances.

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Representative sampling

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The selection of study units from a larger group in an unbiased way, so the sample accurately reflects the total population.

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Convenience sampling

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Process for selecting a sample of individuals that is neither random nor systematic but governed by chance or ready availability.

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Sampling

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Process of selecting for study a limited number of units from a larger set

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Generalizability

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The extent to which results or findings obtained are applicable to a broader population

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Placebo

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A pharmacologically inert substance (sugar pill) that is often administered as a control in testing new drugs

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Variance

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A measure of the spread, or dispersion, of scores within a sample or population, whereby a small variance indicates highly similar scores, all close to the sample mean, and vice versa

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Demand characteristics

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Cues that may influence or bias participant’s behaviors

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Structured interview

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Method for gathering information, used in surveys and personnel selection, in which questions and the wording are determined in advance

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Likert scale

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A type of attitude measured that consists of statements reflecting a strong positive or negative evaluation of an object. Commonly a 5-point scale

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Deception

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any distorting of or withholding of fact with purpose of misleading others

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Split-half reliability

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Measure of the internal consistency of surveys, psychological tests, questionnaires, and other instruments or techniques that assess participant responses on particular structures

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Retest reliability

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Measure of the consistency of results on a test or other assessment instrument over time, given as the correlation of score between the first and second administrations.

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Alternate-forms reliability

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Measure of the consistency and freedom from error of a test, as indicated by a correlation coefficient obtained from responses to two or more alternate forms of the test

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Interrater reliability

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Extent to which independent evaluators produce similar ratings in judging the same abilities or characteristics in the same target person or object

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Construct validity

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How much a test measures a concept or trait

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Predictive validity

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The success with which a test predicts the behaviors it is designed to predict; assessed by computing the correlation between test scores and the criterion behavior

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Face validity

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The apparent soundness of a test or measure

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Content validity

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Extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest

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Frequency distribution

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A tabular representation of the number of times a specific value or datum point occurs. Left column lists different categories of a categorical variable or scores, the right list the number of occurrences for each

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Negative (inverse) correlation

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Relationship between two variables in which one variable increases as the other decreases.

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Directionality problem

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The situation in which is it known that two variables are related although it is not known which is the cause and which is the effect

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Third-variable problem

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The fact that an observed correlation between two variables may be due to the common correlation between each of the variables and a third variable rather than any underlying relationship of the two variables with each other

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Institutional Review Board

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Committee named by an agency to review research proposals originating within that agency for ethical acceptability and compliance with the organization’s codes of conduct

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Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

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Committee responsible for overseeing an institute’s program and research protocols involving nonhuman animals. Ensures human treatment towards animals

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Informed assent

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Process where minors agree to participate without being able to legally give consent; typically given by an adult

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Confederate

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In an experiment, an aide of the experimenter who poses as a participant but whose behavior is rehearsed prior to the experiment

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Cross-sectional study

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Research that compares people of different ages at the same point in time

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Longitudinal study

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Research that follows and retests the same people over time

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Positive (right) skew

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The few extreme scores towards the high end of the distribution

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Negative (left) skew

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The few extreme scores towards the low end of the distribution

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Bimodal distribution

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A set of score with two peaks or modes around which values tend to cluster, so frequencies first increase then decrease around each peak

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Spurious correlation

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A situation in which variables are associated through their common relationship with one or more other variables but do not have a causal relationship with one another.

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R-values

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Statistical measure that indicates the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables

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P-values

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(Probability Value) The likelihood that the observed result would have been obtained if the null hypothesis of no real effect were true

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