WEEK 1: Psychology as a science Flashcards
What research method is explains; Framing a hypothesis?
Operationalising variables
Selecting and assigning participants
Applying statistical techniques to data
Drawing conclusions (answers below)
- Experimental methods
- Descriptive methods
- Correlational methods
Experimental Research
What research method is explained below:
Case studies
Naturalistic observation
Survey research.
- Experimental methods
- Descriptive methods
- Correlational methods
Descriptive methods
What research method is explained below:
aim to determine the degree to which two or more variables are related. Correlations can determine association between data from experiments, case studies, or surveys.
- Experimental methods
- Descriptive methods
- Correlational methods
Correlational methods
In scientific research, a specific, testable proposition about a phenomenon
- Lab report
- Hypothesis
- Method
- Correlation
Hypothesis
A factor or characteristic that is manipulated or measured in research
- Method
- Correlation
- Variable
- Data
Variable
A theory is a systematic way of organising and explaining observations
(hint, a T…….. framework
A theoretical framework
A procedure that is the same for all participants.
hint, S……. procedures
Standardised procedures
A sample that is representative of a population and procedures that are relevant to circumstances outside the laboratory (G…….bility)
Generalisability
Measures that are reliable (produce consistent results) and valid (assess the dimensions they are meant to assess). (hint, Objective M……….)
Objective measurement
(Something beginning with E) relates to the morality of human conduct, particularly with respect to the rightness and wrongness of our actions. It is critically important to consider ethical implications when conducting scientific research
Ethics
Researchers who want to find the best explanation of a phenomenon when they have several rival hypotheses should:
- describe the correlation among the variables involved
- conduct research in the real world instead of in a laboratory
- Continue observing the phenomenon of interest until the best explanation becomes clear
- Conduct controlled research using experimental methods.
Describe the correlation among the variables involved
Which of the following is not one of the five questions that provide a strategy for critical thinking?
- What am I being asked to believe or accept?
- What evidence is available to support the assertion?
- Are there alternative ways of interpreting the evidence?
- What is the reputation of the researcher(s)?
What is the reputation of the researcher(s)?
Which of the following is not one of the four main goals for researchers in psychology?
- Explain how and why behaviour and mental processes occur.
- Describe behaviour and mental processes.
- Make predictions about behaviour and mental processes.
- Control and eliminate all maladaptive behaviour and mental processes.
Control and eliminate all maladaptive behaviour and mental processes.
Studying language by listening to people in public places is an example of _________ research.
(two words, Starts with N, then O
Naturalistic observation
Piaget based much of his theory of cognitive development on his observations of how his children interacted with the world as they grew. Piaget’s research method was __________ and his scientific goal was __________.
- survey; explanation
- controlled experiment; explanation
- naturalistic observation; prediction
- naturalistic observation; description
Naturalistic observation; description
