Research Methods Flashcards

Question

What is temporal validity?

Answer 1

This is high when research findings successfully apply across time

Answer 2

The external validity of an experiment can be assess and improved by replicating a study at different times and places, obtaining similar results. extent to which it can be generalised

Answer 3

A quasi-legal document produced my the British Psychological Society that instructs the psychologists in the UK about what behaviour is and not acceptable when dealing with participants. It is built around four major principles: respect, competence, responsibility and integrity

Answer 4

Arise when a conflict exists between the rights of participants in research studies and the goal of research to produce authentic, valid and worthwhile data

Answer 5

* **Informed consent -** Participants must be aware of aims of the research and mist have the right to withdraw, and what data is used for. Allows participants to make judgment, although researchers point of view, will be unnatural as they know the aims * **Deception -** Must be able to make informed consent. Can be justified in situations that does not cause distress * **Protection from harm -** Must be protected from physical and psychological harm. Must not be embarrassed, feel inadequate and placed under stress and pressure. Must have right to withdraw * **Privacy and confidentiality -** Have right to control information about themselves. Data protection act - personal data protected. Right to privacy extends to the area where the study took place, no institution named

Answer 6

* Participants issued with a consent letter or form detailing all relevant information that might affect their decision to participate * If agrees, then signed for * If involved children under 16, a signature of parental consent required

Answer 7

* At the end of the study the participants should be given debrief and made aware of all true aims of investigation and any details they were not given during study (other group or experimental conditions) * Participants should also be told what their data will be used for and given right to withhold data with they wish * Potentially provide counselling if needed

Answer 8

* Personal details must be protected * More usual to maintain anonymity and use number or initials instead

Answer 9

* **Presumptive consent** - asking a similar group of people if the study is acceptable and the consent of original participants presumed * **Prior general consent** - participants give permission to take part in a number of different studies including one that will involve deception. By consenting, participants are effectively consenting to be deceived * **Retrospective consent** - participants asked for consent in debriefing having already taken part

Answer 10

Watching and recording behaviour in the setting within which it would normally occur * High external validity * Lack of control, hard to replicate * Many extraneous variables

Answer 11

Watching and recording behaviour within a structured environment (one where some variable are managed) * Extraneous variables may be less of a factor therefore replication easier

Answer 12

Participants behaved and watched and recorded without their knowledge or consent * Removes problem of participants and ensures natural behaviour * Increases validity * Ethics

Answer 13

Participants behaviour is watched and recorded with their knowledge and consent * More ethically acceptable * Demand characteristics

Answer 14

The researcher becomes a member of the group whose behaviour their watching and recording * High validity as researcher can experience and insight into the lives * Lose objectivity as the researcher may come to identify too strongly with those they are studying

Answer 15

The researcher remains outside of the group whose behaviour they're watching and recording * Mainitain objective psychological distance * Lose valuable insight, too far removed from people and behaviour they're studying

Research Methods Flashcards

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