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AP Psychology: Research Methods
AP Psychology: Research Methods
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A review of key terms, concepts, and people associated with #research methodology
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A link or association between variables such that one can be predicted from the other
Correlation
Reliability
Validity
Causation
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Precisely defines ea. variable in study in terms of operations needed to produce/measure them
Theory
Data collection techniques
Operational definition
Hypothesis
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The group in an experiment that is exposed to manipulation of the independent variable
Population
Experimental group
Sample
Control group
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A condition or event that an experimenter manipulates in order to observe its impact
Dependent variable
Correlation coefficient
Independent variable
Extraneous variable
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An in-depth, generally subjective, investigation of an individual subject
Case study
Naturalistic observation
Experiment
Correlational research
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A system of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations
Theory
Anecdotal evidence
Response set
Hypothesis
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Support for a particular viewpoint through the use of personal (and frequently vivid) stories
Theory
Hypothesis
Anecdotal evidence
Meta-analysis
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Exists when a sample is not representative of the population from which it was drawn
Confounding of variables
Experimenter bias
Sampling bias
Social desirability bias
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A measure of variability in data
Central tendency
Standard deviation
Operational definition
Statistical significance
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A larger group from which a sample is drawn and to which the researcher wishes to generalize
Control group
Experimental group
Population
Sample
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A statistical procedure that combines the results of many studies
Inferential statistics
Meta-analysis
Standard deviation
Descriptive statistics
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Occurs when an extraneous variable makes it difficult to sort out the effects of the IV
Sampling bias
Double-blind procedure
Experimenter bias
Confounding of variables
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I recognize that this Quiz doesn't include everything we learned about research in psychology.
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False
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The statistic that indicates the degree and direction of relationship between variables
Correlation coefficient
Median
Mean
Mode
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The group in an experiment that is not exposed to manipulation of the independent variable
Control group
Sample
Population
Experimental group
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Research method in which IVs are manipulated and which permits causal interpretation
Correlational research
Naturalistic observation
Case study
Experiment
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The tendency to answer questions about oneself in a socially approved manner
Social desirability bias
Response set
Experimenter bias
Sampling bias
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Occurs when a researcher's expectations influence the results of a study
Experimenter bias
Social desirability bias
Sampling bias
Participant bias
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The variable that results from the manipulation in an experiment
Independent variable
Placebo effect
Extraneous variable
Dependent variable
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Any variables other than the IVs that seem likely to influence the DV in an experiment
Standard deviation
Extraneous variables
Response set
Placebo effects
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Distribution of subjects in experiment i/w each has equal chance of being assigned to any group
Single-blind procedure
Random assignment
Random sampling
Double-blind procedure
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Judgment inferred from statistics that probability of observed findings occurring b/chance= low
Statistical significance
Standard deviation
Validity
Variability
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A tentative statement about the expected relationship between two or three variables
Theory
Hypothesis
Peer review
Operational definition
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Research strategy i/w neither subjects nor experimenters know which condition subjects are in
Random assignment
Single-blind procedure
Random sampling
Double-blind procedure
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Effects that occur when subjects experience change due to expectations (or to "fake" treatment)
Sampling bias
Replication
Confounding of variables
Placebo effects
