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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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Occurs when an extraneous variable makes it difficult to sort out the effects of the IV
Experimenter bias
Double-blind procedure
Confounding of variables
Sampling bias
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A larger group from which a sample is drawn and to which the researcher wishes to generalize
Control group
Population
Sample
Experimental group
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Exists when a sample is not representative of the population from which it was drawn
Sampling bias
Experimenter bias
Confounding of variables
Social desirability bias
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Distribution of subjects in experiment i/w each has equal chance of being assigned to any group
Random assignment
Single-blind procedure
Random sampling
Double-blind procedure
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The tendency to answer questions about oneself in a socially approved manner
Sampling bias
Social desirability bias
Experimenter bias
Response set
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Research strategy i/w neither subjects nor experimenters know which condition subjects are in
Single-blind procedure
Random assignment
Random sampling
Double-blind procedure
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Descriptive statistic & measure of central tendency; exact halfway point of data distribution
Mean
Correlation coefficient
Mode
Median
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An in-depth, generally subjective, investigation of an individual subject
Naturalistic observation
Correlational research
Experiment
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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A tentative statement about the expected relationship between two or three variables
Peer review
Theory
Operational definition
Hypothesis
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A measure of variability in data
Statistical significance
Central tendency
Operational definition
Standard deviation
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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 statistic that indicates the degree and direction of relationship between variables
Mode
Median
Correlation coefficient
Mean
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The arithmetic average
Mean
Correlation coefficient
Median
Mode
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The score that occurs most frequently
Mode
Mean
Median
Correlation coefficient
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Effects that occur when subjects experience change due to expectations (or to "fake" treatment)
Replication
Sampling bias
Placebo effects
Confounding of variables
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Occurs when a researcher's expectations influence the results of a study
Experimenter bias
Participant bias
Sampling bias
Social desirability bias
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A link or association between variables such that one can be predicted from the other
Reliability
Validity
Correlation
Causation
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Judgment inferred from statistics that probability of observed findings occurring b/chance= low
Statistical significance
Variability
Validity
Standard deviation
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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 group in an experiment that is exposed to manipulation of the independent variable
Experimental group
Control group
Population
Sample
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Precisely defines ea. variable in study in terms of operations needed to produce/measure them
Data collection techniques
Theory
Operational definition
Hypothesis
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The group in an experiment that is not exposed to manipulation of the independent variable
Sample
Population
Control group
Experimental group
