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What is operationalisation?
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Mean to make testable - to strictly define your variables
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Why do we operationalise?
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To provide precise descriptions that can easily be tested so other researchers can replicate the study
Psychology
flashcards
Decks in class (135)
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The Emerence Of Psychology As A Science4
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The Behaviourist approaches22
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The Cognitive approach19
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The Biological Approach12
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The Psychodynamic Approach40
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The Humansitic Approach11
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The nervous system13
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Neurons and Synaptic Transmission17
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The Endocrine System9
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The ‘fight or flight’ Response5
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Localisation of function in the brain10
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Hemispheric lateralisation8
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Split-brain research7
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Brain plasticity6
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Functional recovery10
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ways of studying the brain15
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biological rhythms13
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the effect of endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers on the sleep/wake cycle10
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Caregiver-infant Interactions In Humans7
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Stages of Attachment14
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the role of the father8
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Animal studies of attachment13
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Explanations of attachment: Learning theory5
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Explanations of attachments: Bowlby's monotropic theory7
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Ainsworth's strange situation + Typers of attachment6
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Cultural Variations In Attachment: Van Ijzendoorn5
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Bowlby’s Theory of Maternal Deprivation4
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Roman orphan studies: effects of institutionalisation11
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Influence of early attachment on later relationships5
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Definitions of abnormality17
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OCD4
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Biological explanations of OCD10
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The biological approach to treating OCD6
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Phobias6
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The behavioural approach to explaining phobias6
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The behavioural approach to treating phobias10
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Depression4
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The cognitive approach to explaining depression12
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The cognitive approach to treating depression8
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The experimental method10
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Operationalisation2
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types of experiment16
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Correlation analysis5
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Observations12
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Self-report methods13
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case studies5
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aims and hypotheses7
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experimental design11
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controlling extraneous variables5
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Pilot studies4
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reliability11
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validity16
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ethics24
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selection of participants17
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the relationship between researchers and participants6
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types of data10
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primary and secondary data9
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descriptive statistics: measures of central tendency10
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descriptive statistics: measures of dispersion8
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presentation of quantitative data5
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characteristics of normal and skewed distributions2
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levels of measurement4
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inferential statistics6
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introduction to statistical testing: The Sign test7
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levels of significance and type 1/2 errors7
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analysing qualitative data5
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Reporting psychological investigations7
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how to reference7
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the role of peer review in the scientific process6
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the implications of psychological research for the economy4
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features of science19
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types of conformity5
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Asch's (1951) research into conformity5
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Variables affecting conformity4
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Explanations for conformity6
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Conformity to social roles as investigated by Zimbardo12
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Milgram's research into obedience11
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Explanations of obedience- situational variables12
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Explanations of obedience- agentic state and legitimacy of authority13
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Explanations of obedience- dispositional explanation5
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Explanations of resistance to social influence- social support4
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Explanations of resistance to social influence- locus of control8
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Minority influence10
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The role of social influence processes in social change10
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Research into coding5
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Research into capacity5
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Research into duration5
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The multi-store model of memory16
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Types of long term memory6
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The working memory model12
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Explanations for forgetting: Interference theory7
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Explanations for forgetting: Retrieval failure9
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Factors affecting the accuracy of EWT: misleading information17
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Factors affecting the accuracy of EWT: anxiety8
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Improving the accuracy of EWT including the use of cognitive interview15
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Issues: gender bias10
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Issues: cultural bias10
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Debates: free will and determinism16
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Debates: the nature-nurture debate9
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Debates: holism and reductionism13
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Idiographic and Nomothetic approaches11
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Debates: Ethical implications of research studies and theory9
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Classification and issues in diagnosis/classification12
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Issues in diagnosis and classification: reliability5
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Issues in diagnosis and classification: validity7
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Biological explanations for Schizophrenia17
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Psychological explanations of Schizophrenia10
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Cognitive explanations of Sz6
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Treating Schizophrenia: drug therapy5
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Treating Schizophrenia: psychological therapies14
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Managing Schizophrenia: token economy5
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The interactionist approach to Schizophrenia7
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Evolutionary Explanations For Partner Preference18
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Factors Affecting Attraction- Self Disclosure7
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Factors Affecting Attraction- Physical Attractiveness15
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Factors Affecting Attraction- Filter Theory9
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Social Exchange Theory13
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Equity Theory7
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Rusbult's investment model as a theory of romantic relationships12
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Duck's phase model of relationship breakdown10
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Virtual Relationships In Social Media11
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Parasocial Relationships11
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Offender profiling- FBI Top Down12
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Offender Profiling- British Bottom Up12
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Historical Biological approach to explain offending8
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Genetic biological approach to explaining offending5
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Neural biological approach to explaining offending5
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Eysenck psychological explanation of offending19
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Psychodynamic psychological explanation of offending14
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Cognitive explanations of offending18
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Differential Association Theory9
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Dealing with offending- custodial sentencing18
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Dealing with offending- behaviour modification5
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Dealing With Offending- Anger Management7
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Dealing With Offending- Restorative Justice7
