What is the acronym that helps you remember strategies for evaluation studies?
MAGEC
What is one method that does not provide a cause and effect relationship?
observation, case study, interview, correlation
What is the definition of "psychology?"
The scientific study of human behaviour and mental processes.
Name 3 ethical considerations
Informed consent, Right to withraw, anonimity, confidentiality, do no harm, debriefing, justified deception, ethics review board, animal welfare
What are the 4 types of observations?
Covert, overt, participant, non-participant
When one variable increases, so does the other. What's this called?
A positive correlation.
When do we have gender bias in a study?
When the sample is made up of only one gender
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.
When one variable increases, the other decreases. What is this called?
Negative correlation.
What do we call a situation in which participants are tested is very artificial environments because so many EVs were controlled?
Low ecological validity
What are two cons of using brain scanning technology?
Claustrophobia, loud, expensive, loe ecological validity, can only test one person at a time, etc.
What is a quasi-experiment?
An experiment in which the IV is naturally occuring and the random allocation to variables isn't possible
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.
Covert observation
What is it called when we're not sure of the direction of influence in a relationship between two variables?
Bidirectional ambiguity
What are Mr Mateusz's cats names?
Bobik & Bandziorek