There is a truth; dichotomous; relationships of variables expressed as causality. Example: Physics and chemistry
What is Positivism
100
Is there a difference between groups of people or individuals? Means testing and comparison.
What is Difference Questions
100
High Internal, High External
What is Experimental Field
100
Incorrectly concluding that a relationship exists
What is Type I Error
200
Individuals of a higher status or power says it is true
What is Method of Authority
200
Truth cannot be fully known. There is room for error. Acknowledges bias. If results are consistent with prediction, it is corroborated.
What is Postpositivism
200
Asks what a phenomena is like. Best answered with surveys or interviews. No experimental manipulations.
What is Description Questions
200
Low Internal, High External
What is Descriptive Field
200
Incorrectly concluding that no relationship exists
What is Type II Error
300
Truth through Empirical Tests
What is Scientific Method
300
Individual constructs truth based on own experiences; cannot be proven true or false; construction can change over time; results and methods influence each other
What is Constructivism
300
Explore the degree to which 2+ constructs relate or vary together
What is Relationship Questions
300
Low Internal, Low External
What is Descriptive Lab
300
Type I and Type II errors are a branch of which Validity?
What is Statistical Conclusion Validity
400
Establishing truth through one's own experiences
What is Experiential Method
400
Constructs created by powerful people; eventually takes appearance of reality; goal is to have participants see constructs for what they are (which is socially constructed beliefs)
What is Critical Theory
400
Generalization made from number of observations
What is Inductive Hypothesis
400
Descriptive or Experimental
What is Internal Validity
400
Rejecting a true relationship
What is Type II Error
500
Truth through reason
What is Method of Intuition (Method of a priori)
500
Feminist Theory
What is Critical Theory
500
From theories and aimed at providing evidence to support, expand, or contradict aspects of the theory