stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
AP Psychology: Research Methods Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
AP Psychology: Research Methods
AP Psychology: Research Methods
35 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
77 plays
A review of key terms, concepts, and people associated with #research methodology
Flashcards
35 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
35
Answers
1
Studied experimenter bias, a researcher's unintended influence on the behavior of subjects
Stanley Schacter
Neal Miller
Robert Rosenthal
Philip Zimbardo
2
A larger group from which a sample is drawn and to which the researcher wishes to generalize
Population
Control group
Experimental group
Sample
3
Tendency to respond in a particular way that is unrelated to the content of the questions asked
Experimenter bias
Response set
Social desirability bias
Sampling bias
4
Research method in which IVs are manipulated and which permits causal interpretation
Experiment
Correlational research
Naturalistic observation
Case study
5
Studied the effect of anxiety on affiliation
Robert Rosenthal
Philip Zimbardo
Neal Miller
Stanley Schacter
6
The arithmetic average
Median
Mode
Mean
Correlation coefficient
7
A periodical that publishes technical and scholarly material within a discipline
Theory
Journal
Survey
Case study
8
The score that occurs most frequently
Mean
Mode
Correlation coefficient
Median
9
A tentative statement about the expected relationship between two or three variables
Theory
Hypothesis
Peer review
Operational definition
10
Effects that occur when subjects experience change due to expectations (or to "fake" treatment)
Sampling bias
Replication
Confounding of variables
Placebo effects
11
Occurs when a researcher's expectations influence the results of a study
Sampling bias
Social desirability bias
Experimenter bias
Participant bias
12
Distribution of subjects in experiment i/w each has equal chance of being assigned to any group
Random sampling
Double-blind procedure
Single-blind procedure
Random assignment
13
Asserted that the benefits of animal research far outweigh the harm done
Stanley Schacter
Robert Rosenthal
Neal Miller
Philip Zimbardo
14
Support for a particular viewpoint through the use of personal (and frequently vivid) stories
Meta-analysis
Anecdotal evidence
Theory
Hypothesis
15
The tendency to answer questions about oneself in a socially approved manner
Sampling bias
Social desirability bias
Experimenter bias
Response set
16
The group in an experiment that is exposed to manipulation of the independent variable
Control group
Experimental group
Population
Sample
17
Any variables other than the IVs that seem likely to influence the DV in an experiment
Standard deviation
Extraneous variables
Placebo effects
Response set
18
Descriptive statistic & measure of central tendency; exact halfway point of data distribution
Mode
Correlation coefficient
Median
Mean
19
Precisely defines ea. variable in study in terms of operations needed to produce/measure them
Theory
Operational definition
Hypothesis
Data collection techniques
20
A system of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations
Anecdotal evidence
Response set
Theory
Hypothesis
21
Statistical procedures used to interpret data in an experiment and draw conclusions
Descriptive statistics
Inferential statistics
Statistical significance
Research methods
22
A statistical procedure that combines the results of many studies
Descriptive statistics
Meta-analysis
Standard deviation
Inferential statistics
23
Research strategy i/w neither subjects nor experimenters know which condition subjects are in
Single-blind procedure
Double-blind procedure
Random assignment
Random sampling
24
Judgment inferred from statistics that probability of observed findings occurring b/chance= low
Statistical significance
Validity
Variability
Standard deviation
25
Statistics helpful in organizing and summarizing (but not interpreting) data
Correlation coefficient
Anecdotal evidence
Descriptive statistics
Inferential statistics
26
A link or association between variables such that one can be predicted from the other
Causation
Reliability
Correlation
Validity
27
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
28
Exists when a sample is not representative of the population from which it was drawn
Sampling bias
Experimenter bias
Social desirability bias
Confounding of variables
29
The group in an experiment that is not exposed to manipulation of the independent variable
Sample
Experimental group
Population
Control group
30
An in-depth, generally subjective, investigation of an individual subject
Case study
Experiment
Naturalistic observation
Correlational research
31
The spread or dispersion of data, including the extent to which scores vary from the mean
Central tendency
Standard deviation
Statistical significance
Variability
32
The variable that results from the manipulation in an experiment
Dependent variable
Independent variable
Extraneous variable
Placebo effect
33
A condition or event that an experimenter manipulates in order to observe its impact
Correlation coefficient
Dependent variable
Extraneous variable
Independent variable
34
The statistic that indicates the degree and direction of relationship between variables
Mode
Median
Correlation coefficient
Mean
35
A measure of variability in data
Statistical significance
Central tendency
Standard deviation
Operational definition
