Scientific Research
Someone who assesses the quality of studies, draws conclusions from data, and conducts formal research studies.
What is a good Research Producer
Summary of entire article or chapter
What is an Abstract?
Looking only for evidence that lines up with our own beliefs and dismissing contradictory evidence
What is Confirmation Bias?
Type of claim that tells us how common something is
What is a Frequency Claim?
How well something generalizes to other populations
What is External Validity?
Single proposal about how variables should behave in a situation if theory is true
What is a Hypothesis?
Curated to contain relevant social science journals, books and conference proceedings
What is a Curated Database?
Failing to consider an outcome when the condition is not present or vice versa
What is Present/Present Bias (Illusory Correlation)?
People with higher levels of Variable A have lower levels of Variable B
What is a Negative Association?
How "true" our measure or manipulation is
What is Construct Validity?
New hypothesis generates from the theory must be able to support or fail to support the theory
What is Falsifiability?
Collect peer-reviewed research, review articles and editorials
What is a Journal?
Respects for persons, beneficence, and justices
What is the Belmont Report?
Unmeasured, unmanipulated variables that vary systematically with either measured or manipulated variables
What are Confounds?
Random Assignment and Controlled Measures
Type of research that evaluates relationships between variables as they exists in the real world
What is Applied Research?
Peer reviewed and publishes the results of one study or set of related studies
What is an Empirical Article?
Psychological work should benefit clients, patients, and research participants
What is Beneficence and Nonmaleficence?
People with higher and lower levels of Variable A also have higher levels of Variable B
What is a Non-Linear Association?
The theoretical definition of a variable
What is a Conceptual Definition?
Propose and preregister hypothesis
What is the third step in the Theory Data Cycle?
Should include fundamental information about the study and its implications for the general public
What is good Scientific Journalism?
IRB, IACUC, Informed Consent and Debriefing
What are the Ethical Standards for Research?
"Higher risks", "Prefer", and "Predicts"
What are words you would see used for an Association claim?
Test-retest, Interrater, and Internal
What are the types of Reliability