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What does experimental method mean

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⚫️research method
➡️using random assignments of participants
➡️and the manipulation of variables
➡️to determine cause and effect

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What does research method mean

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The means by which explanations are tested

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What does casualty mean

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Cause and effect of relationships

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What does independent variable mean

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⚫️The factor manipulated by researchers in an investigation

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What does dependant variable mean

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⚫️the factor measured by researchers in an investigation

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What does laboratory experiment mean

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⚫️experiment conducted in a controlled environment

➡️allowing the establishment of casualty

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What are the strengths of laboratory experiments

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⚫️high degree of control is maintained over variables
➡️with the Iv and Dv being precisely defined and measured
➡️leading to greater accuracy of objectivity

⚫️replicated

⚫️as extraneous variables are controlled
➡️casualty is established

⚫️individual pieces of behaviours
➡️can be isolated and rigorously tested

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What are the weakness of laboratory experiments

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⚫️operationalising Iv and DV
➡️for accurate measurements
➡️can make them over specific
➡️so it doesn’t really related to actual behaviours

⚫️high level of control
➡️make experiment artificial
➡️so lacks ecological validity

⚫️demand characteristics

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What does field experiment mean

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⚫️experiment conducted in a naturalistic setting

➡️where investigator manipulates variable

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What does natural experiment mean

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⚫️experiment conducted in a naturalistic setting

➡️with naturally occurring IV

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What are the strengths of field and natural experiments

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⚫️due to real world scenario
➡️participants results relate to real life environment and behaviour
➡️making finds more able to be generalised to other settings

⚫️participants behave in a natural way
➡they’re unaware they are in an experiment
➡️so no demand characteristics

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What are the weakness of field and natural experiments

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⚫️casualty harder to establish
➡️less control over experimental condition

⚫️difficult to replicate
➡️as conditions will never be the same again

⚫️ethical issue of lack of informed consent
➡️as participant not aware they’re in an experiment

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What does correlation mean

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⚫️Investigations that measure
➡️the degree of relationship
➡️between co-variables

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What are the strengths of correlations

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⚫️used where manipulation of variables
➡️would be difficult or unethical

⚫️once correlation found
➡predictions can be made from this

⚫correlation show
➡strength & direction of relationship
➡️can identify patterns among variables

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What are the weakness of correlation

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⚫️not conducted under controlled conditions
➡doesn’t show casualties
➡️making interpretation of results difficult

⚫️other non-measured unrelated variables
➡️can influence measured co-variables
➡️making interpretation of results difficult

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What does naturalistic observation mean

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Recording of naturally occuring events

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What are the 4 types of observation

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⚫️participant observation
➡️observers actively involved in behaviour of those being studied

⚫️non-participant observation
➡️observers not actively involved in behaviour of those being studied

⚫️overt
➡️participants aware of being studied

⚫️covert
➡️participants unaware of being studied

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What does inter-rater reliability mean

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⚫️different observers
➡️agree upon
➡️and categorise behaviours
➡️in the same way

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What are the strengths of observation

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⚫️high external validity
➡️participants behave naturally
➡️results can be generalised to other settings

⚫️demand characteristics are reduced
➡️participants unaware of of being studied

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What are the weakness of observation

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⚫️ethical issues of invasion of privacy and informed consent
➡️as participants are unaware of being studied

⚫️difficult to replicate
➡️lack of control over variables
➡️makes testing conditions difficult to repeat exactly

⚫️practical problems, difficult
➡️for observers to remain undetected
➡️to observe and record all behaviours
➡categorise observed behaviours correctly

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What does self report mean

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⚫️Investigation were participants
➡️give info about themselves
➡️without researcher interference

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What does questionnaires mean

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⚫️self report methods
➡️were respondents give written answers
➡️to pre-set questions

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What are the two main types of questionnaires used

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⚫closed questions
➡️response options are fixed by researchers
➡️easy to quantify
➡️restrict answer
➡️yes/no

⚫️open questions
➡️participants respond to their own words
➡️harder to quantify
➡️allow greater freedom of expression

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What are the strengths of questionnaires

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⚫️large amount of info collected
➡️in short amount of time

⚫️easy to replicate
➡️especially closed questions

⚫️researchers not acquired to be present
➡️can generalise large samples

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What are the weakness of questionnaires
⚫participants may give ➡️socially desirable answers ⚫️difficult to design questionnaires ➡️participant can misinterpret and misunderstand answers ⚫️low response rate ➡️often biased and unrepresentative ➡️certain types of people are more willing to complete them
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What does interviews mean
⚫️self report method ➡️were respondents give verbal answers ➡️to questions in face to face situations
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What are the two types of interviews
⚫️structured interview ➡️identical quantitative questions ➡️read to participants ➡️interviewers simply record answers ⚫unstructured interviews ➡️involve less control ➡️informal discussion of pre-determined topics ➡️allowing further investigation of interesting response ``` ➡️interviewers need skills ➡️to establish friendly relationship ➡️to gain a lot of details ➡️and understanding ➡️mainly qualitative data is produced ``` ⚫️semi structured ➡️combination of structured and unstructured techniques ➡️to produce quantitative and qualitative data
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What is the strengths of interviews
⚫️sensitive issues can be explored ➡️especially in unstructured interview ⚫variety of interview technique ➡️analyse both quantitative and qualitative data ⚫️misunderstandings can be clarified ➡️unstructured allow interesting follow ups to be asked
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What are the weakness of interviews
⚫bias respondent answers ➡️through their appearance, attitude, gender ⚫️skills and training is required ➡️to conduct an unstructured interview ⚫️ethical issue of invasion of privacy ➡️interviewee are not aware of true purpose of interview ➡️can reveal more than they wish
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What does case study mean
In-depth investigations of one individual or small group
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What is the strength of case studies
⚫️more rich detail and understanding from individual ➡️than from an average gathered data ⚫️useful for theory falsification ➡️can be achieved ➡️with just one ➡️contradictory example
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What are the weakness of case studies
⚫unrepresentative ➡️findings cant be generalised to others ⚫️relies on participants having full and accurate memories ➡️false memory syndrome can occur ➡️where participants can recall untrue suggested events ⚫️study method is prone to research bias
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What does aim mean
Precise statements of why investigations are occuring
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What does hypothesis mean
Precise, testable research predictions
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What are the two types of hypothesis
⚫️experimental hypothesis ➡️predicts a difference in the DV ➡️due to a manipulation of the IV ⚫️null hypothesis ➡️predicts manipulation of IV ➡️will not affect the DV
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What are the two types of experimental hypothese
⚫️directional ➡predicts which direction the difference will go ⚫️non-directional ➡doesnt predict which direction it will go
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What does independent group design mean
⚫️experimental design ➡️where each participant performs ➡️only one condition of experiment
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What are the strength of independent group design
⚫️demand characteristic reduce ➡️participant only doing one condition of the experiment ➡️less likely to guess the aim of the study ⚫️no order effect ➡️different participant are used in each condition
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What are the weakness of independent groups design
⚫️double the participant needed than in a repeated measure design ➡️as participant only generalise on piece of data each ⚫️differences in findings between variables ➡️can be due to participant variables ➡️can be reduced by ➡️randomly allocating participants to conditions ➡️to balance out differences ➡️making each testing group similar in conditions
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What does repeated measure design mean
⚫️Experimental design | ➡️were participants perform all conditions of an experiment
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What are the strength's of repeated measure design
⚫️no participant variables ➡️each participant does all condition ⚫️half the number of participant needed ➡️than in an independent group design ➡️can generate twice as much individual data
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What are the weakness of repeated measures design
⚫️order effect may occur ➡addressed by counter balancing ➡️half participant do one condition first ➡️other half do other condition first ⚫demand characteristic may occur ➡️can guess aim of study
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What does matched participant design mean
⚫️experimental design ➡️where participants are in similar pairs ➡️one of each pair performing each condition
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What are the strengths of matched participants design
⚫️no order effect ➡️different participant do each condition ➡️less chance of demand characteristics ⚫️fewer participant variable than independent group design ➡️as participants are matched
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What are the weakness of matched participant design
⚫️lengthy process ➡️to achieve matched test ➡️by pre-testing ⚫️almost impossible to match participants on all important variables
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What does behavioural categories mean
➡️target behaviours ➡️divided into sub-sets ➡️through use of coding system
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What are the five important factors to consider when designing questionnaires in order to get a reasonable response
⚫️only ask relevant questions ⚫️keep them short ➡️as over long questions will not be completed ⚫️use successful questionnaires as guides ⚫️ask clear concise and easily understood questions ⚫initial question should be interesting ➡️to motivate people to complete
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Likert scale
⚫️measuring scale ➡️to measure both direction ➡and strength of attitudes

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