Research Words
What does ecological validity mean?
The extent to which the findings of a study generalize into other situationships.
What was the sample size for MILGRAM?
40 Men
20-50 Years Old
Newspaper Advertisement was used to recruit the men.
What is the relation to psych approach in Baron Cohen?
Nature v. Nurture
What is the background being invested in BANDURA?
Baby Albert study with the white rate and metal poles.
What is the ecological validly of DEMENT & KLEITMAN?
Low- They are sleeping in a alb with electrodes on their head.
Explain a naturalistic observation?
A study conducted by watching the participant's behavior in their normal environment, unaffected by the researchers.
Weaknesses of MILGRAM?
Only with men
One age rang (20-50)Only had a man as the experimenter.
Don't know if the person actually likes to hurt people.
Could've had a good/bad day.
What does SEN, STM, and LTM do in ANDRADE?
SEN: Purged
STM: Short Term Memory (lasts 7 years, then purged)
LTM: Long Term Memory (Stays Forever)
What was the participant sample in SAAVEDRA & SILVERMAN?
9 year- old Hispanic American boy.
Florida International University (Child Anxiety and Phobia Program).
What are the IV and DV of HOLZEL?
IV- MSBR and control group.
DV- FFMQ (5) vox el based moephometey score.
What is confidentiality?
The participant's personal information and results should not be released to anyone outside the study.
What was the AIM of PILIAVIN?
To test the diffusion of responsibility (DOR) hypothesis,
To test if race or type of victim will impact helping behavior.
To look to the effects or modeling behavior (if one helper impacts another).
What was the hypothesis(es) in ANDRADE?
2 tailed
Doodling while completing an auditory task will have an impact on concentration.
Usefulness and Application of SAAVEDRA & SILVERMAN?
Better understanding of how phobias phobias are acquired, processed relate to disgust.
Assist in understanding of how to diminish phobias.
What is the hypothesis(es) of HASSET?
Toy preference among sexes is due to biological causes (that influence behavioral and cognitive biases) rather than learned differences.
What is the sample technique?
The method used to obtain the participants for a study.
Strengths of PERRY?
Standardizations are used (many controls).
Computer based testing.
Can be replicated.
CID is a valid way to determine distance preference.
Double Blind techniques help avoid biases and demand characteristics.
What is the ethics of Pozzulo?
Good- Informed consent
Debriefed
Withdrawal with no penalty
Children watched for stress
Children given prize when completed
What did the elephants have to have to be able to participate in the FAGEN study?
1. Docility- Gentle
2. Not Pregnant
3. Mahout participants
4. Trained (Punishments)
5. No exposure to SPR training.
Meditation had been used in therapies for people with anxiety problems and depression.
The neutral mechanism that might be part of the practice of mindfulness meditation had been researched by conducting neuro imaging studies.
What are the different graphs?
Bar Chat, Histogram, and Scatter Graph
Procedure summery of PILIAVIN?
After 70 seconds of being on the train the ill or drunk man will fall.
Once fallen they wait to see how long it takes for the passengers to help them.
More tend to help the ill rather then the drunk.
What was the relevant background in Pozzulo?
She was the first one to do this type of experiment.
The frequency of how children get nervous during testimonies.
Weaknesses of the FAGEN study?
Only one adult and four juveniles.
All females.
Outcome can be subjective.
Trainer did not use exact same criteria for every behavior response made by elephant/there were no recordings to ensure inter-observer reliability.
What is the main findings of HASSET?
Wheeled- Male- 9.77 Female- 6.96
Plush- Male- 2.06 Female- 7.97