Research Methods

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Decks in this class (14)

Chapter 1- Psychology as a way of thinking
Psychology 1,
Empiricism 2,
Why is the producer role of resea...
30  cards
Chapter 2- Sources of information
Comparison group 1,
Confounds 2,
Bushman s study 3
29  cards
Chapter 3- Interrogation tools for consumers of research
Variable 1,
Constant 2,
60 of high school graduates pursu...
48  cards
Chapter 4- Ethical guidelines for psychology research
Tuskegee syphilis study 1,
What unethical choices were made ...,
Milgram study 3
22  cards
Chapter 5- Identifying good measurement
Conceptual definition 1,
Operational definition 2,
How are conceptual variables oper...
48  cards
Chapter 6- Surveys and observations- describing what people do
Survey poll 1,
Question formats 3 2,
Open ended questions pros and cons 3
38  cards
Chapter 7- Sampling- estimating the frequency of behaviors and beliefs
External validity 1,
How is external validity calculat...,
Population 3
39  cards
Chapter 8- Bivariate correlational research
Bivariate correlation 1,
Graphing associations when one va...,
How can you tell a study is corre...
26  cards
Chapter 9- Multivariate correlational research
Multivariate designs definition 1,
Multivariate designs 3 2,
3 criteria for establishing causa...
46  cards
Chapter 10- Introduction to simple experiments
Mueller and oppenheimer 2014 1,
Leonard 2017 2,
Experiment 3
75  cards
Chapter 11- Confounding and obscuring variables
One group pretest posttest design 1,
6 potential internal validity thr...,
Maturation threat 3
45  cards
Chapter 12- more than one IV
Interaction effect 1,
Intuitive interactions 2 2,
Crossover interaction 3
27  cards
Chapter 13- Quasi experiments and small N-designs
Quasi experiments 1,
Quasi independent variable 2,
4 types of quasi experiments 3
35  cards
Chapter 14- Replication, Transparency, and Real World Importance
Replicable 1,
Direct replication 2,
Conceptual replication 3
23  cards

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