TERMS & DEFINITIONS
ETHICS & STANDARDS
PSYCHOLOGY SALAD
METRICS & MEASURES
APA FORMAT
100
Accepting the information in a professor's lecture
What is Reliance on Authority?
100
The group of at least five individuals responsible for the review of research conducted within an institution
What is an Institutional Review Board (IRB)?
100
Describe, explain, predict, understand
What are the four goals of psychology?
100
As ice-cream sales increase, crime increases; as ice-cream sales decrease, crime decreases.
What is a Positive Correlation?
100
This section functions like a "movie preview" for a research article
What is an Abstract?
200
A predictive statement about the relationship among two or more variables that is testable
What is a Hypothesis?
200
Fairness in receiving the benefits of research as well as bearing the burden of risk
What is Justice?
200
The definition of a concept that specifies the methods used to measure that concept
What is an Operational Definition?
200
-1.0 to 1.0
What is the Range of Measures of a Correlation?
200
120 words
What is the length of an Abstract?
300
Research that investigates practical problems to which there are potential solutions
What is Applied Research?
300
Individuals who take part in surveys
What are Respondents?
300
Informing participants of the purpose of a study at the conclusion of the study
What is Debriefing?
300
The degree to which results of an experiment may be generalized
What is External Validity?
300
Abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion, references
What are the major sections of an APA Research Article?
400
The variable considered to be the "cause" of change in the experimental study
What is the Independent Variable?
400
Active misrepresentation of information in a study.
What is Deception?
400
Theoretical research that answers fundamental questions.
What is a Basic Research?
400
Temporal precedence, covariation, controls eliminating any plausible alternative
What are the elements necessary to infer Causation?
400
Section of a research article where the author discusses possible alternative explanations for the reported findings
What is the Discussion Section?
500
The validity that allows you to infer Cause and Effect
What is Internal Validity?
500
Copying text directly from a source and not quoting or citing
What is Plagiarism?
500
The method of study in which behavior is observed as it occurs naturally
What is a Field Experiment /Naturalistic Observation
500
In the non-experimental method, a variable that is extraneous to the two variables being studied
What is a Third Variable?
500
The process in which experts review an article prior to approving its publication
What is Peer Review?
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