What are the 3 required elements of small N designs?
- Operationally define the target behavior
- Establish a baseline of responding before treatment is introduced
- Introduce treatment and continue monitoring behavior
What are the 5 general principles of the APA?
- Beneficence and non-maleficence
- Fidelity and responsibility
- Integrity
- Justice
- Respect for people’s rights and dignity
What are the APA Standards regarding research?
- Benefits of research outweigh costs
- Gaining informed consent
- Treating participants well during and after study
What are the three levels of review done by IRBs?
- Exempt from full review
- Expedited review
- Requiring full review
What is the purpose of an IRB?
Ensure proposed studies contribute to the field of psychology while respecting the rights/wellbeing of participants
What are the essential ingredients of an informed consent form?
- General purpose, basic procedure, amount of time
- Knowledge that participants can leave anytime
- Knowledge that confidentiality and anonymity will be upheld
What are the two main purposes of debriefing?
- De-hoaxing
2. Desensitizing
What are the arguments against animal research?
- Denial of animal rights, which are the same as human rights
- Alternative approaches can yield same benefits
- No practical human benefit from certain animal research
What are the arguments for animal research?
- Some important research simply cannot be done on humans
- Major benefit for humans
- Major benefit for animals
- Humans and animals do not have equal rights
What are the essential features of the APA code for animal research?
- Need to justify study when potential harm to animals exists
- Proper acquisition and care of animals during and after study
- Limiting use of animals for educational purposes
What are the types of reliability
- Test-retest
- Alternate forms
- Split-half
What are the types of validity
- Content
- Face
- Convergent
- Discriminant
- Criterion - predictive and concurrent
- Construct
What are the ways of knowing?
- Authority
- Logic and reason
- Experience or empiricism
- Science
What are three problems associated with interpreting experience?
- Confirmation bias
- Belief perseverance
- Availability heuristic
What are the attributes of science?
- Statistical determinism
- Systematic observations
- Objectivity
- Data-driven
- Asking empirical questions
- Tentative conclusions
What are the types of research?
- Applied
- Basic
- Translational
- Laboratory
- Field
What are three attributes of a good theory?
- Productivity
- Falsification
- Parsimony
