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Experimental method AO1
What are the aims of experimental...,
Explain what an hypotheses are in...,
What are the two different types ...
8  cards
research issues A01
What are extraneous variables,
Explain what confounding variable...,
Explain what demand characteristi...
6  cards
Experimental design AO1
What is an experimental design,
What are independant group designs,
What are repeated measures
6  cards
Experimental design AO3
Evaluate independent groups
1  cards
Types of experiment
What are the different tyoes of e...,
Explain what laboratory experimen...,
Explain what a field experiment e...
5  cards
Sampling
What are the 5 different types of...,
What is random sampling,
What is systematic sampling
6  cards
Sampling AO3
Evaluate random sampling,
Evaluate systematic sampling,
Evaluate opportunity sample
4  cards
Types of experiment - AO3
Give the strengths of a lab exper...,
What are the limitations of lab e...,
What are the strengths of a field...
8  cards
ethical issues in the design and conduct of psychological studies
What are the 4 types of ethical i...,
Explain what informed consent is,
Explain what deception is
5  cards
ways of dealing with ethical issues
What are the different ways of de...
1  cards
pilot studies
What are the aims of piloting,
What happens in a pilot study,
What are pilot studies not restri...
5  cards
types of procedures
What are the two types of procedures,
What are single blind procedures ...,
What happens in a double blind pr...
10  cards
control groups and conditions
1  cards
observational techniques AO1
Give an overview of observational...,
Explain what a naturalistic obser...,
Explain what a controlled observa...
7  cards
observational techniques AO3
Evaluate all observations in gene...,
Evaluate observations in general ...,
Evaluate naturalistic observation...
14  cards
observational design AO1
What us observational design,
What are the issues in observatio...,
Explain the ways of recording data
12  cards
observational design AO3
Evaluate structured versus unstru...,
Evaluate behavioural categories,
Evaluate sampling methods
3  cards
self report techniques AO1
Explain the two types of self rep...,
Explain the self report technique...,
What are the two types of questio...
8  cards
self report techniques AO3
What are the strengths of questio...,
Highlight the limitations of ques...,
What is meant by acquiescence bias
5  cards
self report design
What are the three different type...,
Explain what a likert scale is,
Explain what a rating scales type...
7  cards
correlations AO1
Explain what correlations are whe...,
What are the different types of c...,
What is the difference between co...
3  cards
correlations AO3
What are the strengths of correla...,
Highlight the limitations of corr...
2  cards
types of data AO1
What are the 4 different types of...,
Explain what qualitative data is,
What is meant by quantitative data
7  cards
types of data AO3
Give the strengths of qualitative...,
Give the weaknesses of qualitativ...,
Explain the strengths of quantita...
10  cards
measures of central tendency and dispersion
What are the three three sections...,
What are descriptive statistics,
What are measures of central tend...
12  cards
presentation of quantitative data
What are the different ways you c...,
Explain how one can summarise dat...,
How can quantitative data be summ...
10  cards
mathematical content
What is the formula for calculati...,
How do you convert a percentage t...,
How do you convert a decimal to a...
5  cards
statistical testing - the sign test
What is statistical testing,
Explain the concept of significance,
Explain what the sign test is
7  cards
peer review and psychological research and the economy
Explain the role of peer review,
What are the main aims of peer re...,
What are the three main evaluatio...
6  cards
practical corner
0  cards

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