What is an experiment?
Type of research method that provides an in-depth picture of a single subject
What is a case study?
Publishing a list of participants names with the results of a research study violates this ethical principle
What is confidentiality?
Describe the correlation:
If more time is spent studying, exam scores tend to go up
What is a positive correlation?
"How many hours do you spend watching TV" is an example of this type of question
What is a closed question?
Process that ensures participants have an equal chance of being in either the control group or experimental group
What is random assignment?
These are important for measuring variables when researchers want to be able to replicate an experiment
What are operational definitions?
The right of participants who do not wish to complete a study they began
What is right to withdraw?
An experimental procedure in which participants do not know whether they are receiving a real treatment or a placebo
What is single-blind procedure?
Participants who do not receive any special treatment in regard to the IV so to establish a baseline to compare results against
What is a control group/condition?
An uncontrolled variable that hides or exaggerates differences between levels of the IV
What is a confounding variable?
Mr. Heidegger designs an experiment to see if room temperature impacts his classes' exam performance. In his experiment, room temperature would be...
What is the independent variable (IV)?
If deception is a necessary aspect of a study, this must follow the study ASAP
What is debriefing?
Mr. Heidegger designs an experiment to see if exercise improves his students' concentration during long PowerPoints. In his experiment, concentration would be...
What is the dependent variable (DV)?
The question "which of the following is your favorite school subject" produces this type of data
What is quantitative data?
Mr. Heidegger only asks his AP students to participate in a survey and concludes LHS/HSA students are given far too much homework each night. What type of sampling did he use?
What is convenience sampling?
The potential issue when a participant responds to a survey asking them to rate their happiness on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the happiest, and all their responses are 5
What is social desirability bias?
Relying on orphan children for psychological research risks violating this ethical guideline
What is informed consent?
Sketch the scatterplot for
r= - 0.75
This type of experimental procedure can be used to reduce the likelihood of experimenter bias
What is double-blind procedure?
Procedure used to reduce potential confounding variables in an experiment
What is random assignment?
Describe the relationship:
A negative correlation between hunger and concentration
as hunger increases, concentration tends to decrease OR
as hunger decreases, concentration tends to increase
A pre-study ethical requirement when participants cannot be made aware of their participation in a study beforehand
What is presumptive consent?
I ask you to rate how much you agree with the statement "I LOVE PSYCHOLOGY" on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being "never true" and 5 being "always true"
What is this kind of scale called?
What is a Likert scale?
Sampling technique that produces the most generalizable data
What is random sampling?