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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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Distribution of subjects in experiment in which each has equal chance of being assigned to any group
Random sampling
Single-blind procedure
Random assignment
Double-blind procedure
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A system of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations
Hypothesis
Response set
Anecdotal evidence
Theory
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The statistic that indicates the degree and direction of relationship between variables
Mode
Median
Correlation coefficient
Mean
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Statistical procedures used to interpret data in an experiment and draw conclusions
Inferential statistics
Research methods
Statistical significance
Descriptive statistics
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The spread or dispersion of data, including the extent to which scores vary from the mean
Central tendency
Statistical significance
Standard deviation
Variability
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An in-depth, generally subjective, investigation of an individual subject
Naturalistic observation
Case study
Experiment
Correlational research
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Descriptive statistic & measure of central tendency; exact halfway point of data distribution
Mode
Median
Mean
Correlation coefficient
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Exists when a sample is not representative of the population from which it was drawn
Sampling bias
Social desirability bias
Experimenter bias
Confounding of variables
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Occurs when an extraneous variable makes it difficult to sort out the effects of the IV
Double-blind procedure
Confounding of variables
Experimenter bias
Sampling bias
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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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Munro's favourite daughter
Lyla
Annaston
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Studied experimenter bias, a researcher's unintended influence on the behavior of subjects
Robert Rosenthal
Stanley Schacter
Philip Zimbardo
Neal Miller
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Occurs when a researcher's expectations influence the results of a study
Social desirability bias
Experimenter bias
Sampling bias
Participant bias
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Any variables other than the IVs that seem likely to influence the DV in an experiment
Standard deviation
Extraneous variables
Placebo effects
Response set
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A tentative statement about the expected relationship between two or three variables
Operational definition
Peer review
Theory
Hypothesis
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Effects that occur when subjects experience change due to expectations (or to "fake" treatment)
Placebo effects
Sampling bias
Replication
Confounding of variables
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A measure of variability in data
Standard deviation
Statistical significance
Central tendency
Operational definition
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The group in an experiment that is exposed to manipulation of the independent variable
Experimental group
Population
Sample
Control group
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A periodical that publishes technical and scholarly material within a discipline
Theory
Journal
Survey
Case study
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A condition or event that an experimenter manipulates in order to observe its impact
Extraneous variable
Dependent variable
Correlation coefficient
Independent variable
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Judgment inferred from statistics that probability of observed findings occurring because chance= low
Statistical significance
Variability
Standard deviation
Validity
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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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Research strategy in which neither subjects nor experimenters know which condition subjects are in
Random assignment
Single-blind procedure
Double-blind procedure
Random sampling
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The variable that results from the manipulation in an experiment
Independent variable
Extraneous variable
Placebo effect
Dependent variable
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The score that occurs most frequently
Mode
Median
Correlation coefficient
Mean
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Precisely defines each variable in study in terms of operations needed to produce/measure them
Theory
Data collection techniques
Hypothesis
Operational definition
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A larger group from which a sample is drawn and to which the researcher wishes to generalize
Control group
Sample
Population
Experimental group
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The group in an experiment that is not exposed to manipulation of the independent variable
Experimental group
Population
Sample
Control group
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A link or association between variables such that one can be predicted from the other
Reliability
Correlation
Causation
Validity
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Munro's cat name is?
Tickles
Raccoon
Misty
Pebbles
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The arithmetic average
Correlation coefficient
Mean
Median
Mode
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The tendency to answer questions about oneself in a socially approved manner
Social desirability bias
Sampling bias
Experimenter bias
Response set
