Research Perspectives
Vocab Potluck
Research Methods
Experimental Research
Math Magician
100
Which two perspectives are considered external views
What are behavioral and sociocultural
100
The tendency to respond in socially approved ways that may not reflect what we actually think or do
What is the social desirability bias
100
The two main assumptions of survey research include...?
What are willing to participate and will always answer questions as honestly as possible
100
My placebo group tested as having improved levels of depression compared to my control group, but they are still rating themselves as more depressed than my experimental group. What is going on
What is placebo effect is taking place
100
What counts as "statistically significant"
What is .05% or 1/20 (or less due to chance)
200
Reinforcement and punishment are associated with which research perspective
What is the behavioral perspective
200
When ice cream sales are on the rise, shark attacks also begin to rise. These two factors may not have a causal relationship, but rather can be explained by what connection
What is spurious correlation
200
What are the 3 categories of research methods
What are descriptive, correlational, and experimental
200
What can be determined through experimental research
What are cause and effect relationships
200
The following graph is an example of what type of correlation
What is a weak negative correlation
300
Jim says he needs a new piece of furniture but can't remember what it's called and you instantaneously suggest a couch. What is couch to you in regards to the category of furniture
What is a prototype
300
To control for individual differences of participants in experimental research we use what
What is random assignment
300
What is the main issue that can arise from case studies
What is results that can't be generalized to the public
300
Now that my groups have been randomly assigned, I can give them each their medication to test. Good thing I, the researcher, know which is which
What is a single-blind procedure
300
What is the range for the following set of data
82, 57, 23, 57, 19
What is 63
400
Which research perspective would emphasize a concept like modeling behavior
What is the sociocultural perspective
400
Looking back on my quiz from last week, I really have no clue why I would put C. It's so obvious the answer is D, I must not even have read the question
What is hindsight bias
400
How would you fix the main issue associated with observational techniques
What is participant observation
400
A description of something in terms of the procedures, actions, or processes by which it could be observed and measured to create repeatable guidelines
What is an operational definition
400
As the size of the standard deviation increases, what happens to the bell shape of the curve?
What is shorter and wider
500
The following is an example of what: A strict teacher makes a student feel bad in the classroom. The student then begins to associate school with the harsh teacher and begins to feel bad about going to school
What is classical conditioning
500
The following is an example of what term: In chemistry, groups of five were assigned to carry out a multi-day experiment. Rob decided his contribution was only going to be measuring out 1 of the starting chemicals, stating "Well Tim and Liz are way better at chemistry anyway, and will probably feel better just taking over the experiment".
What is social loafing
500
How do you get results that can be generalized to the public from survey research
What is a representative sample
500
What percentage of people fall within two standard deviations of the mean when looking at a normal bell curve
What is 95.44%
500
What is the percentile rank for 1 standard deviation below the mean of the following graph
What is 84.1%