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Pychology is an _____ science, it must be supported by _______.
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Experimental, evidence
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Research procedure?
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1) Forming a research Q
2) Forming a hypothesis 3) Testing the hypothesis 4) Analyzing the results 5) Drawing conclusions |
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What do you look for when analyzing results?
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Patterns & relationships in data
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When drawing conclusions, if observations do not support hypothesis.....
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Theories derived from hypothesis must change!
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Research questions are best directed at ______.
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Behavior
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Research questions come from: (4)
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Daily experience, psychological theory, folklore, commom knowledge
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Pyschological knowledge rests on carefully examined ____ ______.
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Human experience
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__________ is necessary for the findings of a study to be confirmed.
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Replication
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New questions form either when _______ or ______.
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Findings of research study support or contradict hypothesis.
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People are asked to respond to a series of Q's about a particular subject
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Survey
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Forms of surveys?
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Written questionnaire, oral interviews
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Advantages of surveys?
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Fast
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Disadvantages of surveys?
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Inaccurate--people may be dishonest, samples not always representative of target population
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To accurately predict outcome, study group must ______.
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Represent target population
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The whole group you want to study or describe
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Target population
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