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What is Rationalism?

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the use of reason and logic to derive the truth (cannot rely on the senses because they deceive)

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What is Empiricism?

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Our knowledge of the world is constructed through experiences

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What is Structuralism?

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Breaking down mental processes into basic elements

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What is Functionalism?

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How human behaviour and mental processes adapt to an ever-changing environment

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What is Empirical?

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Verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic

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What is Deductive reasoning?

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(top-down) From general statement or premise to a logical and certain conclusion

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What is Inductive reasoning?

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(bottom-up) from a singular statement or premise to the probable validity of a conclusion

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What is Ontology?

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The nature of the world (Reality changes)

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What is Epistemology?

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Study of knowledge, how we know what’s is real

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What is Constructivism?

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Subjective meaning

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What is Objectivism?

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Reality exists independently of consciousness

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What is Constructivism?

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Humans generate knowledge and meaning from their interactions with the world

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What is Interpretivism?

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Meaning exist in our interpretations of the world

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What’s a Hypothesis?

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An empirically testable proposition about some fact, behaviour, relationship, or the like, usually based on theory, that states an expected outcome resulting from specific conditions or assumptions

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What’s a Null Hypothesis?

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no difference or effect on variables

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What’s a Alternative Hypothesis?

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There is a difference or effect on variables

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What is Generalisability?

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The extent to which findings can be generalised across a sample or population

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What is Replication?

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Repeating a research study in the same way as it was originally conducted

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What is Transferability?

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The extent to which we can transfer the findings in a specific context to another, very similar context

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What’s the role of an Independent variable (IV)?

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Is manipulated as a basis for predictions about the DV

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What’s the role of an Dependent variable (DV)?

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Is measured or recorded in an experiment

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What’s the role of an Control Variable (CV)?

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Are held constant or corrected for (they could affect the DV)

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What is an Extraneous Variable?

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These may influence the results of an experiment but are not of direct interest of the research e.g. environment

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What is Counterbalancing?

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Method used to eliminate order effects eg. One half of participants complete Condition A first; one half complete Condition B first (ABBA = Asymmetrical order effects)

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What is a Representative sample?
a sample that contains sub-groups of people in proportion to their prevalence in the population we wish to generalise to
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What is a Population?
a group which shares a common set of characteristics
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What is a Sample?
The group selected from the population to participate
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What does the term WEIRD mean in relation to psychological research?
WEIRD = Western – Educated – Industrialized – Rich – Democratic
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What is Sampling bias?
When categories are over- or under- estimated eg. A study looking at exercise habits that recruits participants from the street in a town that has just held a half marathon.
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Probability bases sampling is...
When the target population has an equal probability of being selected eg. Random samples
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Non-probability bases sampling is...
When a sample isn't structured to approximate the population
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Three types of Random sampling?
Simple Systematic Stratified
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What is (systematic) Random Sampling?
Select specific participants through numerical sequence e.g. every 5th person
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What is (Stratified) Random Sampling?
random sample from various categories of a population
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What is (Simple) Random Sampling?
Everyone has equal opportunity of being picked
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An Opportunity Sample is..
Sampling through convenience
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Limitation of an Opportunity Sample is..
As a consequence has lower credibility as it attracts specific types of people
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What is a Peer Review?
Journals are reviewed by experts who analyse the quality of the research
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What is Convenience sampling?
Drawn from close population
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What is Purposive sampling?
A sample is built up which enables the researcher to meet the needs of the project, recruiting individuals that hold characteristics that meet the requirements for the study
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What is Snowball sampling?
Existing participants recruit more participants who are their acquaintances
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Ethics means...
Moral Duty of care to protect our human (and animal) participants from harm.
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Valid/Informed Consent is...
Agree to freely and voluntarily take part in research
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Deception is..
Deliberately misinforming participants or withholding information to distort the reality of the study
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What is a Debrief
Inform participants of the full nature of the study after their participation and attempt to reverse potential negative effects
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Right to Withdraw is...
A component of valid consent where a participant can withdraw at any time with no adverse consequences or penalties
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What are the BPS Code of Ethics? (4)
Respect Competence Responsibility Integrity
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What is Plagiarism?
The act of passing somebody else’s ideas, thoughts, pictures, theories, words or stories as your own
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Which people fall under Vulnerable populations? (6)
Children Persons lacking capacity Those in a dependent or unequal relationship People with learning or communication difficulties People in care People in custody or on probation
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Beneficence is...
Researchers should have the welfare of the research participant as a goal of any research study
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Nominal data is...
(categorical) Numbers are given to distinguish between categories but with no particular order to rank importance. Eg. – Ethnicity
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Ordinal data is...
(order/rank) The size of the number assigned does represent something Eg. 1st, 2nd, 3rd
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Interval data is...
Puts scores in an order, however the differences between the numbers are equal (equal intervals). There is no absolute 0 where the variable can’t be measured Eg. Temperature Difference between 0 and 10 degrees is the same as the difference between 10 and 20 degrees.
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What is a Ratio?
The differences between numbers are equal but there is an absolute zero. Eg. Height 100cm is 10x longer than 10cm but you can't have a height less than 0
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Difference between descriptive and inferential statistics?
Descriptive - describe your sample (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio) Inferential - Using the data to make inferences and generalizations from our sample to the wider population
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Mean, Median and mode are all examples of...
Measures of central Tendency
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Definition for Mean, median and the mode?
Mean (average) most appropriate for nominal data Median (middle score/value) appropriate for non–nominal data The Mode (Most frequently occurring score) used for categorical data
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What is sampling error?
The difference between the sample statistic and the population statistic
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How do you calculate the range?
(Highest score – lowest score) sensitive to outliers
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What is the Interquartile range?
Distance between the upper (third) and lower (first) quartile in a set of data.
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What is Standard Deviation?
An estimate of the average deviation of the scores from the mean. Indicator of how close the scores are clustered to the mean
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What is an Interview?
“A verbal exchange in which one person (the interviewer), attempts to acquire information and gain an understanding from another person (the interviewee)”
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Composition of a Structured Interview?
Used to collect quantitative data Standardized and Closed questions
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An overt obsevation is when...
Participants have knowledge they are being observed (issues with social desirability)
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A covert obsevation is when...
Participants don’t have knowledge they are being observed (e.g., informed consent, deception, privacy)
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Sample mean =
mean of your sample (a subset of the population)
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Population mean =
Mean in the population
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Kurtosis is...
A measure of peak and flatness, or steep and shallowness

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