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What is psychology?

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the science of behaviour and experience

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What is step one of the process of psychology?

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identify a research question or issue

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What is step two of the process of psychology?

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decide on a topic to study (your aim)
sometimes in some kinds of scientific research a hypothesis is made (formal statement)

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What is step three of the process of psychology?

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design a study to test the hypothesis

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What is step four of the process of psychology?

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carry out the study

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What is step five of the process of psychology?

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analyse the results and draw conclusions

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What is step six of the process of psychology?

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evaluate and feed back

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Where does evidence come from in phsychology?

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empirical data (data that is acquired through experimentation and observation)

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What are 4 things research methods aim to be?

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scientific
objective
controlled
repeatable

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What is the main research method psychologists use and why?

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experiments
they can draw conclusions about cause and effect

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Whats the main issue with experiments?

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can be quite trivial
just looking at a few variables doesnt always represent real life

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Whats another alternative to experiments? (begining with an o)

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observations
observing what people are doing in their everyday life
psychologists watch people behind two way mirrors and behind a bush

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What is the problem with the observation method?

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there is too much going on to allow us to draw useful conclusions

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What are the 4 research methods in psychology (QICC)?

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Questionnairs
Interviews
Case studies
Correlational analysis

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What is the key in research methods?

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using all kinds of different methods to study one aspect of behaviour and concidering how the fidnings from the different kinds of study inform us

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What does ethics refer to?

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standards to behaviour
behaving with due respect for the people (or animals)

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Why do ethical issues matter in psychology?

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the potential for causing damage

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What 6 things are psychiologists trying to protect people from (SAWDEP)?

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stress
anxiety
welfare
dignity
embarrassment
psychiological harm

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What are the two types of staticsics used in widespread psychology? (Statistical analysis in psychology p9)

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descriptive statistics
statistical tests

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What 4 things do descriptive statistics provide us information do do with? (Statistical analysis in psychology p9)

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summerise data
mean
drawing graphs
such methods allow us to get a quick snapshot of the patterns in our data

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What are statistical tests based on? (Statistical analysis in psychology p9)

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probability