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The only research method that can show a cause-and-effect relationship between variables
What is an experiment?
100
Type of research method that provides an in-depth picture of a single subject
What is a case study?
100
Publishing a list of participants names with the results of a research study violates this ethical principle
What is confidentiality?
100
Describe the correlation:
If more time is spent studying, exam scores tend to go up
What is a positive correlation?
100
"How many hours do you spend watching TV" is an example of this type of question
What is a closed question?
200
Process that ensures participants have an equal chance of being in either the control group or experimental group
What is random assignment?
200
These are important for measuring variables when researchers want to be able to replicate an experiment
What are operational definitions?
200
The right of participants who do not wish to complete a study they began
What is right to withdraw?
200
An experimental procedure in which participants do not know whether they are receiving a real treatment or a placebo
What is single-blind procedure?
200
Participants who do not receive any special treatment in regard to the IV so to establish a baseline to compare results against
What is a control group/condition?
300
An uncontrolled variable that hides or exaggerates differences between levels of the IV
What is a confounding variable?
300
Mr. Heidegger designs an experiment to see if room temperature impacts his classes' exam performance. In his experiment, room temperature would be...
What is the independent variable (IV)?
300
If deception is a necessary aspect of a study, this must follow the study ASAP
What is debriefing?
300
Mr. Heidegger designs an experiment to see if exercise improves his students' concentration during long PowerPoints. In his experiment, concentration would be...
What is the dependent variable (DV)?
300
The question "which of the following is your favorite school subject" produces this type of data
What is quantitative data?
400
Mr. Heidegger only asks his AP students to participate in a survey and concludes LHS/HSA students are given far too much homework each night. What type of sampling did he use?
What is convenience sampling?
400
The potential issue when a participant responds to a survey asking them to rate their happiness on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the happiest, and all their responses are 5
What is social desirability bias?
400
Relying on orphan children for psychological research risks violating this ethical guideline
What is informed consent?
400
Sketch the scatterplot for
r= - 0.75
400
This type of experimental procedure can be used to reduce the likelihood of experimenter bias
What is double-blind procedure?
500
Procedure used to reduce potential confounding variables in an experiment
What is random assignment?
500
Describe the relationship:
A negative correlation between hunger and concentration
as hunger increases, concentration tends to decrease OR
as hunger decreases, concentration tends to increase
500
A pre-study ethical requirement when participants cannot be made aware of their participation in a study beforehand
What is presumptive consent?
500
I ask you to rate how much you agree with the statement "I LOVE PSYCHOLOGY" on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being "never true" and 5 being "always true"
What is this kind of scale called?
What is a Likert scale?
500
Sampling technique that produces the most generalizable data
What is random sampling?