Research Methods
What is a quasi experiment?
An experiment in which the IV is naturally occurring
What is the key theme of the research by Sperry and Casey et al.
Define free will.
the capacity for agents to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded
What is the most common level of probability used?
0.05
What is tabula rasa
blank slate
What are the different methods used for self reports?
surveys/questionnaires or interviews
Which country had the highest amount of helping behaviour in Levine et al.?
Brazil
Define interactionism.
taking on the ideas of many different perspectives
What do we do if a significant result is found?
Accept alternative hypothesis
List all areas/perspectives
social, cog, behaviourist, dev, in diff, bio, psychodynamic
What type of a scale involves asking people to respond to a series of statements about something in terms of the extent to which they agree or disagree with them?
Likert
What are the triad of impairments in Autism
social communication, social interaction, resistance to change
What is a strength of the reductionism debate?
-can find root cause of issue
-simplifies complex problems
-scientific
What happens if a type 2 error occurs?
Falsely accepting a null hypothesis
Define schema
General conceptual frameworks, or clusters of knowledge, regarding objects, people, and situations; knowledge packages that encode generalizations about the structure of the environment.
Two ways in which researchers avoid a self-fulfilling prophecy/bias
using a single-blind or double-blind experiment
Who created the first intelligence test that was used to identify learning difficulties in children? (hint: this was before gould!)
Stanford-Binet
What is criterion validity?
an index of how well a test correlates with an established standard of comparison
Why is a parametric test the strongest and most powerful of any test?
because it uses at least interval/ratio level data, distributions are normal and equal, no extreme scores
Outline two assumptions of the developmental area
-humans develop cradle to grave
-culture and age have an impact on behaviour
Write down the correct Harvard referencing format for a journal article with two authors.
Surname, first initial., and surname, first initial. (year). Title. Journal name (in italics). Volume (issue), page numbers.
The bundle of fibres connecting the two hemispheres
corpus callosum
why is social sensitivity so important to be aware of when conducting research?
findings/outcomes of research could contribute towards discrimination of groups.
What are the conditions needed to use a binomial sign test?
-nominal data
-difference
-repeated measures
Is the bio area or cog area more scientific and why?
Bio area as we have tangible measures to test and measure behavioural changes in the mind (fMRI, PET, EEG)