Research Methods
The ability to apply findings to a greater population.
What is generalizability?
Doodling and attention
What is the main AIM of the study?
AQ is abbreviation for this test
What is the Autism Quotient test?
The two line-up conditions
What is target-present and target-absent?
The variable being manipulated in the experiment
What is the independent variable?
Doodling improved recall of information
What was the main findings of Andrade's study?
The group that scored lowest on the Eyes Test
What is Group 1, the adults with Autism?
Why target-absent identifications were important
What is a way to measure false identifications?
Sampling technique used when participants are recruited based on their availablity.
What is Opportunity sampling?
Artificial lab setting in which the task did not reflect real-life attention tasks
What is low ecological validity?
The psychology being investigated
What is Theory of Mind?
Two different settings used in the design of this experiment
What is lab and school setting?
Method used when the variable is naturally occuring and not manipulated by the researchers.
What is a quasi-experiment?
Tally marks of correct names and places remembered?
What was quantitative data gathered to measure recall.
The negative correlation found between these two tests
What is a increase in the Autism Quotient test and a decrease in the Eyes test?
The age group more accurate in eyewitness identification
What is the adults?
This measures how strongly two variables are associated, but it does not mean one variable causes the other.
What is a correlation?
Low ecological validity of the sample size
What is 40 participants, mostly female in age range 18-55 years old?
The design of the experiment in which group 1 & 4 shared similar IQ's
What is matched pairs?
The findings suggest this when relying on child eye witness testimony
What is using caution in court as children produce greater false indenitification rates?