Name that factorial or IV or DV
Scientific Thinking & Ethics
Design/Methods
Validity
Anything Goes
100
A psychologist recruits 30 people with IQs between 130 and 140 and 30 with IQ scores between 100 and 110. This is a _____ factorial design.
What is 2 x 2?
100
Tries to associate itself with true science by trying to appear legitimate.
What is pseudoscience?
100
Used to describe research designs when there is more than one independent variable within the design.
What is a factorial design?
100
Changes in the dependent variable are due to normal growth and development.
What is maturation?
100
The process of reasoning from the results of many experiments to a generalized theory.
What is induction?
200
A researcher randomly assigns participants to "eating" and "non-eating" groups and asks them to judge the quality of wine in a taste test. The DV is _____
What is wine quality?
200
One of the goals of research in psychology which involves observational research or surveys.
What is a description?
200
A procedure used to control for sequence effects.
What is counterbalancing?
200
When groups in study are differentially affected by an outside event.
What is history?
200
A problem that bias results in cross-sectional studies when groups are bonded by time or common life experiences.
What is a cohort effect?
300
A researcher tells half of subjects to do a mock job interview and the other half does a mock criminal interview. For each group, half see a male interviewee and the other half see a female intervieww. The non-gender IV is ___?
What is type of interview?
300
A type of IRB review when there is no risk to subjects at all (e.g. anonymous surveys)
What is exempt review?
300
Used to spread possible confounds throughout groups within the study.
What is random assignment?
300
Refers to the adequacy of operational definitions.
What is construct validity?
300
When the effect of one IV depends on the level of another IV.
What is an interaction effect?
400
In a study of crowding, introverts and extroverts are compared in either a large, medium or small room. Half the subjects are told the hypothesis and the other half is not told the hypothesis. Anxiety is measured in all subjects. This is a ______factorial design.
What is 2 x 3 x 2?
400
A type of scientific fraud where data are manufactured, altered or omitted to make the results look better.
What is data falsification?
400
Designs with more than two groups that enable the researcher to detect non-linear effects.
What are multi-level designs?
400
The extent to which results are applicable to everyday life.
What is ecological validity?
400
A subject trait that is measurable and is thought to be highly correlated with the DV.
What is a matching variable?
500
A researcher examines 2-point thresholds for 20 participants. Each is tested on three different ares of the body (thumb, forehead, thigh) and different times of the day (9AM, 3PM, 9PM and 3AM). The 2-point threshold is the perceived distance b/w 2 points touching the skin. This is a _______ factorial and ____ is the DV.
What is 3 x 4 and perceived distance?
500
A prediction about a study's outcome.
What is a hypothesis?
500
The type of design that has two IV’s, each with two levels.
What is a 2 X 2 factorial design?
500
The extent to which statistical tests are properly used and appropriate conclusions are drawn from statistical analysis.
What is statistical conclusion validity?
500
An uncontrolled extraneous variable that “covaries” with the IV and could provide an alternative explanation of the results.
What is a confound?
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