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Duplicate of AP Psychology: Research Methods
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A review of key terms, concepts, and people associated with #research methodology
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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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The group in an experiment that is not exposed to manipulation of the independent variable
Population
Sample
Experimental group
Control group
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The group in an experiment that is exposed to manipulation of the independent variable
Sample
Experimental group
Population
Control group
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A link or association between variables such that one can be predicted from the other
Causation
Reliability
Correlation
Validity
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Descriptive statistic & measure of central tendency; exact halfway point of data distribution
Median
Mean
Correlation coefficient
Mode
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The score that occurs most frequently
Correlation coefficient
Mode
Mean
Median
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The spread or dispersion of data, including the extent to which scores vary from the mean
Statistical significance
Variability
Standard deviation
Central tendency
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Statistics helpful in organizing and summarizing (but not interpreting) data
Descriptive statistics
Anecdotal evidence
Correlation coefficient
Inferential statistics
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The variable that results from the manipulation in an experiment
Dependent variable
Placebo effect
Independent variable
Extraneous variable
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A periodical that publishes technical and scholarly material within a discipline
Case study
Survey
Journal
Theory
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The tendency to answer questions about oneself in a socially approved manner
Response set
Social desirability bias
Sampling bias
Experimenter bias
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Occurs when a researcher's expectations influence the results of a study
Experimenter bias
Social desirability bias
Participant bias
Sampling bias
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An in-depth, generally subjective, investigation of an individual subject
Naturalistic observation
Case study
Correlational research
Experiment
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A condition or event that an experimenter manipulates in order to observe its impact
Extraneous variable
Correlation coefficient
Independent variable
Dependent variable
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Exists when a sample is not representative of the population from which it was drawn
Confounding of variables
Sampling bias
Social desirability bias
Experimenter bias
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Distribution of subjects in experiment i/w each has equal chance of being assigned to any group
Random assignment
Random sampling
Double-blind procedure
Single-blind procedure
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Studied experimenter bias, a researcher's unintended influence on the behavior of subjects
Neal Miller
Stanley Schacter
Philip Zimbardo
Robert Rosenthal
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A tentative statement about the expected relationship between two or three variables
Hypothesis
Theory
Peer review
Operational definition
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Support for a particular viewpoint through the use of personal (and frequently vivid) stories
Anecdotal evidence
Meta-analysis
Hypothesis
Theory
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Statistical procedures used to interpret data in an experiment and draw conclusions
Statistical significance
Research methods
Inferential statistics
Descriptive statistics
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The statistic that indicates the degree and direction of relationship between variables
Mode
Mean
Correlation coefficient
Median
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The arithmetic average
Mode
Mean
Correlation coefficient
Median
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Research method in which IVs are manipulated and which permits causal interpretation
Correlational research
Experiment
Case study
Naturalistic observation
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Effects that occur when subjects experience change due to expectations (or to "fake" treatment)
Confounding of variables
Sampling bias
Replication
Placebo effects
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A larger group from which a sample is drawn and to which the researcher wishes to generalize
Population
Sample
Experimental group
Control group
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A measure of variability in data
Operational definition
Standard deviation
Statistical significance
Central tendency
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A system of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations
Response set
Theory
Hypothesis
Anecdotal evidence
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Tendency to respond in a particular way that is unrelated to the content of the questions asked
Sampling bias
Social desirability bias
Experimenter bias
Response set
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Asserted that the benefits of animal research far outweigh the harm done
Robert Rosenthal
Neal Miller
Philip Zimbardo
Stanley Schacter
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Studied the effect of anxiety on affiliation
Neal Miller
Philip Zimbardo
Robert Rosenthal
Stanley Schacter
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Any variables other than the IVs that seem likely to influence the DV in an experiment
Standard deviation
Placebo effects
Extraneous variables
Response set
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Precisely defines ea. variable in study in terms of operations needed to produce/measure them
Data collection techniques
Theory
Hypothesis
Operational definition
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Research strategy i/w neither subjects nor experimenters know which condition subjects are in
Random sampling
Double-blind procedure
Random assignment
Single-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 statistical procedure that combines the results of many studies
Standard deviation
Descriptive statistics
Inferential statistics
Meta-analysis
