A sample that is representative of the target population.
What is a representative sample?
100
"Fooling" the participants into thinking the study is about something it is not.
What is deception?
100
People who take initiative and use critical thinking skills creatively to approach complex problems. They make reasoned, ethical decisions.
What are thinkers?
100
a multidisciplinary science that includes knowledge from the natural and social sciences (biology, sociology, anthropology).
What is psychology?
100
When research does what it claims to do.
What is validity?
200
A sample of whoever happens to be present and agrees to participate.
What is opportunity sampling or convenience sampling?
200
Says that participants must be informed about the nature of the study and then agree to participate.
What is informed consent?
200
To act with integrity and honesty with a strong sense of fairness, justice, and respect. To take responsibility for one's own actions and those actions consequences.
What is principled?
200
The study of mental processes and behavior.
What is psychology?
200
When the results of a study can be replicated. When another researcher uses exactly the same procedure, the study should produce the same results.
What is reliability?
300
When participants recruit other participants from among their friends and acquaintances.
What is a snowball sampling?
300
This ethical consideration says participants should be told that they have a right to leave the study at any time.
What is withdrawal from a study?
300
To show empathy, compassion, and respect toward the needs and feelings of others and make a positive difference in their lives.
What is caring?
300
This type of psychologist carries out brain scans to try to get a picture of processes in the brain.
What is a neuropsychologist?
300
When the study represents what happens in real-life.
What is ecological validity?
400
A sample in which every member of the target population has an equal chance of being selected.
What is random sampling?
400
Peoples' names and personal information may not be associated with the information obtained in a study.
What is confidentiality?
400
Thoughtful consideration of one's own learning and experience. The ability to assess and understand one's own strengths and limitations in order to support their learning and personal development.
What is reflective?
400
Is based on the values and beliefs of one's own culture at the expense of taking into consideration others' beliefs and cultures.
What is ethnocentrism?
500
Draws random samples from each subpopulation within the target population.
What is a stratified sample?
500
You may not hurt a participant or force him to reveal private information.
What is protection from physical or mental harm?
500
To understand the importance of intellectual, physical and emotional well-being.