psych 212 midterm Flashcards

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Between the abstract and the reference list, what are the four major sections of a journal article or research report in psychology?

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methods and discussions, procedures, results, conclusion

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Other than reading journal articles or finding other sources of previously-conducted research, what are TWO of the common sources of research topics that were described in the textbook?

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Personal Interests and Curiosities and Casual Observation

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Other than using participant pools or other methods for recruiting post-secondary students, what are TWO possible sources of participants or methods of recruitment that were provided in the lecture notes?

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Probability Sampling, non-Probability Sampling, convienence sampling, simple random sampling

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Provide one possible operational definition of [a variable to be specified on the exam].

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Provide a refutable and testable hypothesis or prediction about the association between [a variable to be specified on the exam] and one other variable.

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