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