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Hypotheses
What is a hypotheses,
What is a directional hypothesis,
What is a nondirectional hypothesis
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Experiments
Whats is an experiment,
What is an experimental condition
2
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ethics and experimental design
What is a confederate,
How would you conduct a pilot study,
What is the stroop effect
17
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Selection of participants
In any study the group of individ...,
The researcher wants to do what a...,
What is a sampling frame
23
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Operationalisation
We have established that a hypoth...,
What does testable mean,
What are the four steps of the pr...
6
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Experimental control
What is a confounding variable,
What is another word for confound...,
What are order effects
13
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Descriptive statistics -Measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion
What are descriptive statistics,
There are two main ways to summar...,
What is a conclusion
25
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Descriptive statistics – tables and graphs
What is raw data,
What is the last thing you would ...,
What is a frequency table
19
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Lab and field experiments
There are three main kinds of exp...,
How does an experiment differ fro...,
What is a laboratory experiment
24
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Validity - internal validity
What is the concept of validity,
What are the key questions concer...,
What are participant effects
12
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Confounding and extraneous variables
What are nuisance variables,
What is the difference between an...,
Can you remember the account of c...
10
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External validity
What is external validity,
Is a study that is low in interna...,
What is ecological validity
10
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Quasi and natural experiments
What is a natural quasi experiment,
What is the advantage of a natura...,
What the disadvantages of natural
9
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Ecological validity
What is context dependent memory,
What was the garden and badly dee...,
To assess the ecological validity...
6
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ethics
What is an ethical issue
1
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ethics
What is an acronym for rememberin...,
What does drippa represent,
What is privacy
28
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Dealing with ethical issues
What are ethical guidelines s,
Who monitors the behaviour of psy...,
Who monitors the behaviour of psy...
18
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Experimental and control groups
What does the term control mean w...,
What is the purpose of the contro...,
Does control just mean keeping so...
6
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Nonexperimental methods and science
What are other methods to conduct...,
What are the key principles of sc...,
What is a paradigm shift
23
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Questionnaires
What are the advantages of interv...,
What is the main advantage of a q...,
There are re guiding principles w...
30
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Interviews
What is a clinical interview,
What is a structured interview,
What is a semi structured or unst...
8
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Validity of self-report techniques questions interviews and psychological tests
What is a psychological test,
Name five types of psychological ...,
When assessing the validity what ...
20
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Assessing reliability
What is external reliability,
What is internet interviewer reli...,
What is internal reliability
27
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Observation
What are the 4 main types of obse...,
What is naturalistic observation,
What is controlled observation
7
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Designing observational studies
What are the key issues for the d...,
What is operationalisation,
What are behavioural categories
44
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case studies
What is a case study,
How long does a case study take t...,
The key feature of the case study...
20
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Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies
What is a longitudinal study or d...,
What is a cross sectional study o...,
What is a snapshot study
14
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multi-method approach
Are most studies multi method wha...,
How was milgram 1963 multi method,
Schaffer and emerson conducted a ...
4
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Cross cultural studies
In cross cultural studies what ha...,
Why are cross cultural studies done,
Would you call a cross cultural s...
9
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Role play
In some investigations participan...,
What sort of observation is role ...,
What are the strengths of role play
6
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Brain scans
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Meta analysis
What is meta analysis,
How consistently are the ivs meas...,
How can a weight loss program dem...
8
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Primary and secondary data
The data collected in a meta anal...,
What is primary data,
The collection of primary data wo...
6
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Quantitative and qualitative methods
Data related to how people think ...,
The qualitative approach is idiog...,
A focus group is
9
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Inferential statistics
What does the abbreviation p stan...,
Inferential tests draw inferences...,
Data that are measured using unit...
23
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Reporting a research study
What are the typical sections tha...,
What is in an abstract,
What is in the introduction and a...
19
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