week 3 Flashcards
1
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basic vs applied research
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- basic: researches fundamental principals of behavior and mental processing
- applied: real-world problem solutions
2
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mundane realism
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how closely a study reflects real life experiences
3
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experimental realism
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how much the study impacts a participant and makes them take it seriously
4
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in ____ research it is easy to stick to the ethics code, but it is hard to ensure informed consent and debriefing in ___ research
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laboratory, field
5
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quantitative vs qualitative research
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- quantitative: numbers/graphs/tables
- qualitative: not easily classified, uses other factors for gathering info (interviews, cases, observations)
6
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important features of empirical questions
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- must be answerable w data, qualitative or quantitative
- terms must be precisely defined
7
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operationism/ operational definitions
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- concepts must be defined
- researchers define how concepts operate in experiments
8
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converging operations
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- our understanding of behavioral phenomenon is increased many experiments draw similar conclusions using different methods
9
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serendipity
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- discovering smth while looking at smth else entirely
10
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theory
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- summarizes existing empirical knowledge of the phenomenon
- organizes knowledge in form of precise statements of relationships among variables
- proposes explanation
- serves as basis for making prediction
11
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deduction
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- reasoning from a set of general statements toward prediction of an event (big to small)
12
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induction
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- logical process of reasoning from specific events to the general (small to big)
13
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what to use in place of ‘proves’ the hypothesis
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- supports, is in line with, is consistent with
14
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attributes of a good theory
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- productivity
- falsification (can possibly be true or false)
- parsimony (minimal constructs and assumptions needed to explain and predict future outcomes/simpler)
15
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theories can never be absolutely true bc of limits of ______
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induction (future study may require to alter the theory)
