Careers/Ethics
Dr. Johnson specializes in treating patients with major depressive disorder and anxiety
Clinical
The best method for studying a person who has unique or unusual traits
Case Study
Educators are interested in whether participating in after-school math tutoring can increase scores on standardized math exams. In an experiment, one group of students attends an after-school tutoring session twice a week while another group of students does not receive this additional assistance. Which is the CONTROL group?
The group that doesn't get tutoring
As amount of sleep increases so does productivity.
What kind of correlation is this?
Positive correlation
Measurement of how far away scores are from the mean
Standard Deviation
What is ethically wrong with the following study...
Dr. Johnson is conducting a study to determine if traumatic events impact high school students' social relationships. She puts her subjects in her experimental group through traumatic events to test her hypothesis.
Does not follow Do No Harm
The best descriptive method of research to gather a lot of data very quickly is a ____
Survey
A researcher wants to determine if the color of an office has any effect on worker productivity. In an experiment, one group of workers performs a task in a yellow room while another performs the same task in a blue room. What is the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?
Color of the office
As amount of time on social media decreases, happiness increases.
What kind of correlation is this?
Negative correlation
Find the MEAN of the following: 22, 33, 65, 40, 20
Which ethical principle is missing? -Do no harm. -Confidentiality -Informed Consent -Participants can discontinue
Debriefing
What type of research would it be if a researcher watched how students interact in the hallways of a high school without intervening
Naturalistic Observation
What method helps to reduce the influence of confounding variables in an experiment?
Random assignment
The main limitation of correlational studies is that they can not prove _____
Causation
Measure of central tendency most affected by outliers.
Mean
Dr. Wu works with clients who have experiencing challenges in their life (such as divorce, death of a family member), but they do not have a mental health disorder. What type of psychologist is he?
Counseling
On a survey given out to citizens of Old Westbury, one question reads...
Would you support repaving the broken, pot-hole ridden roads during rush hour to reduce the chance of flat tires?
What limitation of surveys does this show?
Wording/Framing effect
This is an important part of research so that an experiment can be accurately replicated
Operational Definition
Which correlation coefficient is strongest?
r = -0.9 r = 0.87
r = -0.9
The following data set would have what type of skew...
10 15 10 14 13 3 18 16 11 11 2
Negative Skew
Dr. Filbert works at Microsoft helping the company make sure human performance is profitable. What type of psychologist is she?
Industrial Organizational
While taking a survey for his job, Sam responds that he feels capable and confident in his abilities to complete his tasks but is usually stressed on a day to day basis about finishing his work. What phenomena is this?
Social Desirability bias
Eleanor is the owner of a cupcake bakery. She sells different flavors and sizes of cupcakes, but in general, she believes that when she puts chocolate frosting on the cupcakes, people are more satisfied. She is proposing an experimental study to examine this belief. Explain why it would be difficult to use a double blind method for this study.
You would see who is eating the chocolate frosted cupcakes.
After the school elections, Jenny said she knew all along that Jimmy would win class president. What phenomena is this?
Hindsight bias
A test has a mean of 70 and a standard deviation of 4. What is a score that is two standard deviations below the mean?
62