Reserach Methods

Question 1

Define research methods

Answer 1

A scientific method that is a controlled approach to planning, conduction and reporting research

Question 2

What are the seven steps of psychological research?

HINT: I Have Made Cake And I Rock

Answer 2

I- identify the Aim
H- create a Hypothesis
M- design a Method
C- Collect the data
A- Analyse the data 
I- Interpret the data
R- Report findings

Question 3

What are the two main types of variables?

Answer 3

Independent variable

Dependent variable

Question 4

Which variable is the one you change?

Answer 4

Independent

Question 5

Which variable is the one you measure?

Answer 5

Dependent

Question 6

Name and define the three types of extraneous variables

Answer 6

Situational variables: the conditions the experiment is in

Participational variables: individuals differences in personal characteristics

Experimenter variables: experimenter characteristics and how they treat the participants

Question 7

What are the three different type of sampling?

Answer 7

Random sampling

Convenience sampling

Stratified sampling

Question 8

How is convience sampling done?

Answer 8

Through obtaining samples by recruiting participants who are readily available

Question 9

How is random sampling done?

Answer 9

A procedure ensuring that every member of the population has equal chance

Question 10

How is stratified sampling done?

Answer 10

Splitting the population into strata then randomly picking out of them

Question 11

Standing in front of a shopping centre and asking people to do a survey.

What types of sampling is this?

Answer 11

Convenience sampling

Question 12

Picking names out of a hat, to do an experiment

What type of sampling is this?

Answer 12

Random sampling

Question 13

Putting participants into age groups, and picking randomly

What type of sampling is this?

Answer 13

Stratified sampling

Question 14

State the 6 ethical guidelines

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Vases
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Winter 
Don't
Droop

Answer 14

Confidentiality

Voluntary participation

Informed consent

Withdrawal rights

Deception in research

Debriefing

Question 15

What are the two different types of data?

Answer 15

Subjective vs objective

Qualitative vs quantitative

Question 16

State the difference between qualitative and quantitative data

Answer 16

Qualitative is the quality of behaviour or characteristics of what being studied often expressed in words, while quantitative is numerical and can be statically analysed

Question 17

How is subjective data collected?

Answer 17

Subjective data is collected through observations of behaviour, or information is based on participants self-reports.

Question 18

How is objective data collected?

Like in our class investigation

Answer 18

It is collected under controlled conditions and is easily measured and compared. Often in numerical form

Question 19

Participants description of a movie they had all just seen. Every participants will have a unique description of the movie they had all seen.

What type of data is this? Q

Answer 19

Qualitative

Question 21

Participants state their foot size, their sizes are then averaged

What type of data is this? Q

Answer 21

Quantitative

Question 22

Data created from observing children’s behaviour in the playground and interpretations of their behaviour

Answer 22

Subjective

Question 22

Scores on an intelligence test

Answer 22

Objective

Question 23

What are the two different groups participants are put in for the experiment?

Answer 23

Experimental group

Control group

Question 24

Why are there two different groups used?

Answer 24

Two different groups are used to see the differences made by the independent variable.

Question 25

What is the experimental group?

Answer 25

It is the group exposed to the independent variable.

Question 26

What is the control group?

Answer 26

The control group is the one not exposed to the independent variable

Question 27

Why does there need to be a control group used?

Answer 27

The control group is used to provide a standard for the experimental group to compare to , to see if any change has happened to the participants

Question 28

How are the participants allocated into groups?

Answer 28

Through random allocation, they are not told which group they are in until the end, which then they are debriefed.

Question 29

What are descriptive statistics?

Answer 29

Descriptive statistics are used to summariser, organise and describe data obtained from research. This includes graphs, diagrams, tables and mathematical calculations.

Question 30

What are inferential statistics?

Answer 30

Techniques that allow us to make a conclusion and generalise the findings about the behaviour of small groups of participants to the larger groups they represent.