I may be biased but...
An uncontrolled variable that hides or exaggerates differences between levels of the IV
What is a confounding variable?
Publishing a list of participants names with the results of a research study violates this ethical principle
What is Confidentiality
The only research method that can show a cause-and-effect relationship between variables
What is an experiment?
Describe the correlation:
If more time is spent studying, exam scores tend to go up
What is a positive correlation?
This approach studies how the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences It answers questions like: To what extent does intelligence relate to our genes?
What is the biological perspective?
This type of experimental procedure can be used to reduce the likelihood of experimenter bias
What is double-blind procedure?
The right of participants who do not wish to complete a study they began
What is the right to withdraw?
Process that ensures participants have an equal chance of being in either the control group or experimental group
What is random assignment?
a measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus how well either factor predicts the other
What is correlation?
This approach integrates several approaches to give a more complete picture of a behavior or mental process Looks at biological, psychological, and social-cultural influences
What is the biopsychosocial approach?
Also known as the "I Knew It All Along" Phenomenon, this type of bias occurs when someone claims that they knew the outcome before it occured
What is hindsight bias?
If deception is a necessary aspect of a study, this must follow the study ASAP
What is debriefing?
Procedure used to reduce potential confounding variables in an experiment
What is random assignment?
Results can be considered this if the p value in an experiment is less than 0.05.
What is statistically significant?
This approach studies how we process and store information, and how that impacts our behaviors Answers questions like How our interpretation of a situation impacts our behavior in reacting to it
What is the cognitive approach?
This bias occurs when people only notice information that supports their own viewpoint
What is confirmation bias?
Relying on orphan children for psychological research risks violating this ethical guideline
What is informed consent?
These are important for measuring variables when researchers want to be able to replicate an experiment
What are operational definitions?
If a skew is positive, what is the order of the mean, median, and mode in the distribution from left to right?
This approach studies how our culture and environment influences our behaviors
What is the social-cultural perspective.
Ms Janell only asks her AP students to participate in a survey and concludes all TSIS students are given far too much homework each night. What type of sampling did she use?
What is convenience sampling?
This key ethical requirement stemmed from studies such as the Milgram Prison Experiments, MK Ultra, and Harlow's Monkey Experiments
What is Protection from Harm?
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?
The scores for the Unit 1 AP Psychology exam were normally distributed. The mean is 85 and the standard deviation is 10. What percentage of students scored between 75 and 95?
What is 68%?
This approach focuses on how we learn observable responses Answers questions like: What is the best way to alter a behavior, like smoking
What is the behavioral perspective?