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What are the three research methods used in Psychology?
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Survey/questionnaire
case study experiment |
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State one advantage and one disadvantage of using a survey.
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Efficient way to obtain much information from a large number of people
Results can be biased; people may not answer questions truthfully, may give socially acceptable answers, or may feel pressured to answer in certain ways. |
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Define the term 'case study'.
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A case study is an in-depth analysis of the thoughts, feelings, beliefs, experiences, behaviors, or problems of a single individual.
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State the problems with case studies.
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Error and bias.
Detailed information about a particular person may not apply to others |
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What is a placebo?
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Mock medicine; some intervention that resembles medical therapy but which in fact, has no medical effects
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Explain the placebo effect.
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A change in the patient’s illness that is attributable to an imagined treatment rather than to a medical treatment.
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What is a correlation?
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An association or relationship between the occurrence of two or more events
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Explain 'postive correlation coefficient'.
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Indicates that as one event tends to increase, the second event tends to, but does not always, increase.
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What is the 'problem' with correlation?
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It does not identify what causes what.
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What are the four research techniques?
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Interviews/questionnaires
Laboratory experiments Animal model Standardized tests |
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What are the seven rules for conducting an experiment?
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Identify Choose Assign Manipulate Measure Analyze |
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Differentiate between independent and dependent variables.
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Independent: a treatment or something that the researcher controls or manipulates
Dependent: what you measure in the experiment and what is affected by treatment or independent variable. |
