Study evaluasion
Studies
Methods
Key Terms
General
100

What is the acronym that helps you remember strategies for evaluation studies?

MAGEC

100
What is the name of the variable that is measured in a study?
The dependent variable.
100

What is one method that does not provide a cause and effect relationship?

observation, case study, interview, correlation

100

What is the definition of "psychology?"

The scientific study of human behaviour and mental processes.

100
The group in an experiment that receives a treatment that is expected to have an effect is called the ....(what)... group?
Treatment group
200

Name 3 ethical considerations

Informed consent, Right to withraw, anonimity, confidentiality, do no harm, debriefing, justified deception, ethics review board, animal welfare

200
What is the name of the variable that is manipulated by the researcher/s in a study?
Independent variable
200

What are the 4 types of observations?

Covert, overt, participant, non-participant

200

When one variable increases, so does the other. What's this called?

A positive correlation.

200
What is it called when you give someone a treatment (e.g. pill or injection) that has no biological effects, but may have an effect if the person believes it will?
A placebo.
300

When do we have gender bias in a study?

When the sample is made up of only one gender

300
What is the name given to a variable that might affect the dependent variable, but is not what the researchers are interested in studying?
Extraneous variable.
300

Why is one reason why it's important to understand the relationship between studies and theories?

One reason is because studies form the important pieces of evidence that support the theories.

300

When one variable increases, the other decreases. What is this called?

Negative correlation.

300
Name one part of the brain that we will study in Criminology in our second unit (at least one part of the brain was mentioned in activities in the workbook)
frontal lobe or prefrontal cortex are both acceptable answers, as is the amygdala.
400

What do we call a situation in which participants are tested is very artificial environments because so many EVs were controlled?

Low ecological validity

400
Why are laboratory experiments used to investigate causational relationships?
Because extraneous variables can be controlled in a laboratory, so the IV can be isolated as the only variable influencing the DV.
400

What are two cons of using brain scanning technology?

Claustrophobia, loud, expensive, loe ecological validity, can only test one person at a time, etc.

400

What is a quasi-experiment?

An experiment in which the IV is naturally occuring and the random allocation to variables isn't possible

400
Name one neurotransmitter (at least one was mentioned in activities in this introduction unit).
Serotonin. Others include acetylcholine and dopamine.
500

Define ethical consideration

Issues that should be taken into account when planning, carrying out and reporting a study in order to protect the participants that are taking part.

500
What are two reasons why we might not be able to conclude a causational relationship from a study?
1) There are too many extraneous or confounding variables. 2) We do not know the direction of the relationship in the study (i.e. which variable is affecting which).
500
The method that allows you to potentially omit informed consent is...

Covert observation

500

What is it called when we're not sure of the direction of influence in a relationship between two variables?

Bidirectional ambiguity

500

What are Mr Mateusz's cats names?

Bobik & Bandziorek

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