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Chpt. 2
Research in Psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/16/2012

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Correlations
Definition

used when researchers can't manipulate variables,

close to 1.00 of -1.00 is a strong correlation

as strength increases the ability to predict increases

coreelation is NOT causation

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Naturalistic Experiment
Definition

prolonged observation of behavior

in a natural setting

WITHOUT intervention

 

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Reactivity
Definition
people don't know their being observed
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Case Study
Definition

question INDIVIDUALS and gather info

usually through surveys

moslty behavior, diagnosis and treatment

highly subjective

limited generalizability

 

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Sampling Bias
Definition
Occurs when a sample is not representative of the popaltion of interest
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Placebo Effect
Definition

Occurs when participants expectations cause them to change their behavior in responce to a fake treatment

ex. pain and depression

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Social Desirability Bias
Definition
causes distortion in self reports when questionaires are used
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Experimental Bias
Definition

when researchers' expectations distort behavoirs

ex. mistakes and unintentional

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Double Blind Procedure
Definition
neither subject nor experimenter knows if subject recieved a placebo
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Animal Testing
Definition

Pros:

brought advances worth the costs, especially treatments and diseases

Cons:

violates animal rights, animal studies may not work on humans

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Deception
Definition
when researches lie to subjects to overcome methodological issues
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Hypothesis
Definition
educated guess
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Variables
Definition
measurable conditions, events, characteristics, controlled or observed
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Operational Definition
Definition
actions or operations used to measure variables
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Subjects
Definition
people or animals used to measure variables
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Scientific investigation
Definition

Hypothesis

Research

Collect Data

Analyze

Conclude

Publish

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Experiment
Definition
when a variable is manipulated to find casue and effect
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Independent Variable
Definition
what or who is manipulated, tested to see if a cause
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Dependent Variable
Definition
tested to see if it is affected
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Experimental Group
Definition
gets treatment
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Control Group
Definition
gets no treatment, gets placebo
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Surveys
Definition

interviews and questionaires

easy to collect large samples

problems with self reporting

ex. intetional deception, social desirabilty, memory lapses

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Internet Mediated Research
Definition
data collection occurs online, suverys mostly, large sample, less controlled conditions
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Ethical Guidlines
Definition

voluntary particiaption

not dangerous procedures

deception must be explained

confidetiality of info

animal harm must be justified

appoval from review board

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